Reflections February 2019 Reflection 20 Feb 20195 Apr 2019 Random Acts of Kindness It's the little things in life that add up. I have always done intentional random acts of kindness. I try to do one for the people…
Community… November 2018 Reflection 30 Nov 20188 Dec 2018 Meaningful Learning Meaningful learning as defined by our learning community member is the individual’s responsibility to apply our learning to facilitate student learning and to share back to our community.…
Community… October 2018 Reflection 30 Nov 20188 Dec 2018 Unexpected Observations from Data In the survey I have given my students at the end of each problem-based activity, I ask the students what I could change or improve to…
Class Notes… Class Notes October Meeting 10/13/18 3 Nov 2018 Class Notes October Meeting 10/13/18 Opening Circle: What is something unexpected that you have observed so far about your research data collection? Students know how they want to be taught;…
Articles… Why You Should Make Time for Self-Reflection (Even If You Hate Doing It) 7 Oct 201828 Dec 2018 Reflecting is difficult. Why? For me it is time, I haven't done a good job of carving out time for the process. That being said, I do find value in…
Community… September 2018 Reflection 29 Sep 20188 Dec 2018 Reflection John Dewey (1933) stated "We do not learn from experience. We learn from reflecting on experience." Reflecting on the day or week takes thought. It requires you to bring…
Community… August 2018 Reflection 24 Aug 20188 Dec 2018 Back to the Community I enjoyed getting back to the West Point community. It was fun to share what each of us did over the summer. We heard stories of…
Community… May 2018 Reflection 25 May 20188 Dec 2018 Nature of Assessments We are beginning to look at how we grade at Otte-Blair Middle school which leads educators to a very passionate debate. Why? We currently have a grading…
Journal… Teacher Reflection 6 Mar 2018 Questions for Students: 1. Do you think I believe that you can learn what I am teaching? 2. Do you feel that I'm committed to you being successful, and how…
Reflections March 2018 Reflection 1 Mar 20184 May 2018 Improve Note-Taking I have wanted to improve on how we do notetaking in science. The students currently use fill in the blank method, which I have found to require little…
Reflections February 2018 Reflection 1 Feb 20184 May 2018 Reflection for February Procedure and Routines I have been working on developing a consistent routine for the beginning of a class with a presentation on the SMART board and…
Reflections October 2017 Reflection 1 Oct 201721 Feb 2018 What is Learning? Scott Flynn, M. Ed. Otte-Blair Middle School Author Note Scott Flynn, Department of Science, Otte-Blair Middle School. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to A. Scott…
