Professional Development
Bridges to the World
Instead of attending my methods class on Monday, all of the social studies students had to attend a conference being held on campus called, Bridges to the World.* Essentially, the conference was supposed to be about the importance of global education. At this stage of the game, I think you’d be hard pressed [...]
Self-Motivated Learners
A concept that I have been becoming increasingly interested in over the past couple years is self-education. The Internet provides such an unprecedented opportunity to learn anything you want– the barriers to education are quickly falling. Whether from podcasts, free video downloads,free MIT course materials etc., there really is no excuse not to learn something if it interests [...]