Cherry Blossom Edition: Portfolio Action

This has been the week when blooming has really begun.  Azaleas have been at it for a week or so, and now the dogwoods and cherry blossoms are in full swing.  Everyday when I look out my window, I see new leaves on something different. Everything is coated in yellow.
But there’s more than just spring [...]

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Avalanche in March

Lots of things happening right now for Cohort 6 – M.Ed.’s, Ed.S.’s, non-degrees all; but not so much with interns.
There was a bit of confusion over the portfolio due date. To clarify: I had published March 24 as a target date for having the complete first drafts of M.Ed. (and non-degree) Portfolios and Ed.S. Applied [...]

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Response to Midterm Feedback

Thank you for your thoughtful midterm feedback. Here, I will muse about what might be done with it.
I do wonder what the ideal meeting schedule for a class like this should be. It’s clear we need some time together. Whole days seem out of scale. And, the meetings need to be spread [...]

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FAQ: M.Ed. Portfolios

Here’s a couple of questions that came in about M.Ed. Portfolios.  Note that this “answer” may not apply to Ed.S. Portfolios.
Q: Is there a hardcopy version?
A: No. All online! If you still see any references to hard copy in any of our online materials, please point out to me; these are “throwbacks” to olden [...]

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Table? or Log? Confusion over where to put what

Apparently, that last post caused a bit of confusion – sorry about that!  Here’s one of the resulting questions:
Q.  So we need to put tags in the log/journal as well as the table?
A. No.  I’m not really expecting to see any tags in your journal.  Remember, the purpose of the journal/log (GoogleDoc or blog, as [...]

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