Hiking, talking and eating Juice & Muffins at Prof. McLaughlin's House, Week 5

This week you should have a reflection about our hike.
As always, include a digital image, a hyperlink, and reflection.
Think outside the box here folks.

How can we engage students who don't enjoy learning, don't like school, and/or exhibit challenging behaviors as a result?

Getting you ready to podcast - halfway between weeks 4 & 5

Hi there. This is just for show - to give you an idea of what a podcast is all about. When teachers teach online and in-class we call it "Hybrid Teaching".

When teachers offer this type of assignment to students they are engaging students to learn through multiple modalities. For example, consider the student who has a specific learning disability or physical disability the prevents him/her from completing traditional writing tasks. How might a podcast enable that student to express his/her ideas? This is an example of what Universal Design for Learning UDL promotes.

Podcasting enables teachers and students to communicate thinking or prompt reflection outside of traditional classroom settings. Last spring, I used podcasts to present students with short previews about class and topics for their video confessionals (an assignment that I use instead of reflective journal writing).

For all of you who love the Buffalo hat, I'm happy to share. Again, what you will learn from me is that there is a tremendous amount of learning that can take place when the teacher is humble. Humility - yep, it's all here. Just me in my office with my buffalo hat talking to... a computer. LOL (I really have no clue what LOL means, but everyone puts it on their texts... so, I'm trying).