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Here it is!! My LAST contribution post for my ADL journey!!
I can’t believe how far I have come with my self-reflections. I struggled so much with them when I started this program. I have learned...
crissmanc
Oct 11, 20224 min read
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The finish line is in sight...My next to last compilation post!!!!
I’m getting better and better at these self-reflections. I am getting more comfortable with being non-judgemental with myself on my...
crissmanc
Jul 23, 20223 min read
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Some Good Resources
I decided to take my innovation project and go a step further for my action research. My innovation plan is on blended learning and I...
crissmanc
Jul 17, 20222 min read
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Does Media Influence Our Lives?
I can think of many different media pitches that have gotten to me. I watch a short media pitch about a new innovative idea in education...
crissmanc
Jul 12, 20221 min read
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Digital Tools
I can definitely see the advantage and good in creating video lessons to add to a blended learning station. I am going to explore and...
crissmanc
Jul 7, 20221 min read
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i struggled to decide
I struggled with a way to narrow down my ideas to come up with my action research. My innovation plan is in blended learning-...
crissmanc
Jun 25, 20221 min read
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Action Research-- COOL!!
The moment I watched the very first video, I realized that action research is something I have done my entire career in teaching... I...
crissmanc
Jun 6, 20222 min read
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Semester 3-- done already!!??
These self-reflections seem to be getting a bit easier to do. I have always struggled with self-evaluation. I have struggled with giving...
crissmanc
May 8, 20223 min read
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Yet? Is there room for that word in my class?
Developing a growth mindset can be a big challenge for the age of kiddos I teach. I teach first graders. You might be able to train them...
crissmanc
May 6, 20221 min read
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BHAG???!!!
How can the BHAG be used to create a defining purpose for the course/program? ...
crissmanc
May 6, 20222 min read
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Class Discussion on PLAY as teaching tool
Consider how play combines passion, imagination, and constraint and is the emergent property of the application of rules to the...
crissmanc
May 6, 20221 min read
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Texas Reading Academy
Well... I finished the Texas Reading Academy. It only took from September till April to get it done! It was a bigger beast than I ever...
crissmanc
Apr 12, 20221 min read
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crissmanc
Apr 3, 20220 min read
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Why Can't Professional Learning be Real Learning??!!
effectiveness of PL COLLAPSE It really blows my mind how ineffective PL STILL is today. With all of the research you would think they...
crissmanc
Apr 3, 20223 min read
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My Professional Learning Networks
I have been on Twitter for almost 9 years now and it all started when I worked at my first school. My principal gave us the option to...
crissmanc
Mar 11, 20221 min read
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Self-differentiated leader and crucial convos
Edwin Friedman, the man that coined the phrase well-differentiated leader, mentioned that differentiated leaders are the calm and...
crissmanc
Mar 10, 20221 min read
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As I reflect on my learning this time.....
I am usually very critical of myself. I struggle with giving myself credit for things I do. I know that there are always many ways that...
crissmanc
Mar 8, 20224 min read
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Growth Mindset
I can't tell you how many times I have started something, it got too difficult for me, and I gave up. I have lost interest or gotten...
crissmanc
Feb 8, 20221 min read
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Here I Go Again
Well... here I go again. I'm in week 2 of this degree. I think I'm trying to fry my own brain by doing 2 classes at a time again.... but...
crissmanc
Jan 28, 20221 min read
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I DID IT!! I MADE IT THROUGH!!
Wow!!! I made it through the first 2 classes of my 2nd master's degree from Lamar University! I am beyond excited and blessed to be going...
crissmanc
Dec 13, 20211 min read
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