I am truly blessed by my Personal Learning Network (PLN). It has grown and expanded exponentially this past year. I have learned so much from them and many of the interactions have been the inspiration for my blog posts. So, as many others out there, I am sharing a word cloud summary of my posts as well as my most read posts of 2014.
My word cloud below was inspired by: Jennifer Kloczko's Word It Out post. Like Jennifer, my chromebook is my tool of choice for blogging among other things. So I created my word cloud using Word It Out.
A quick reflection of the stand out words:
- I am proud of the fact that the largest word is STUDENTS - education should be all about the students.
- I am ashamed that the other largest word is I - this is not about me, which I see I need to work on.
- LEARNING is large which is a good thing - apparently I am writing about learning
- I think it is interesting that TIME is a good size - yes, time is limited. However, we can prioritize our time and focus which is something I am planning on working on in 2015
- MAKE, SHARE, ALL, TEACHERS, NEED, KNOW, GOOGLE, MATH are also used often in my blog posts - These words represent areas that I have been focused on as an educator
Goals for my blogging in 2015:
- This blog is and always has been a place where I can reflect on my life as an educator. It is for me first and foremost, if others benefit that is an added bonus. I appreciate all input and consideration of the posts I write.
- Continue to reflect on my journey and share all that I can
- Continue to include links to my PLN folks that inspire and drive my thinking and learning
Now for the top 5 posts of 2014 (in ascending order):
#5 - What Happens to the Thinkers and Tinkerers? - I wrote this post after watching my 8 year old son tinker with Google Glass
#4 - How I Taught my Middle School Math Students to Blog - I truly believe that it is important for students to understand the importance of "Writing to Learn" and if we expect that of students, how do we introduce the concept of blogging across the curriculum
#3 - Did the Mountain Lion Catch The Mule Deer? - This post was inspired by a walk on our property (we live on 7.5 acres) and we found cougar (mountain lion) tracks very near deer tracks and my son wondered what happened, we were surprised after our research.
#2 - Modeling Standards Based Learning by "Failing" a High Stakes Test - In this post I shared my near miss of passing my administrators test and what I learned from the feedback I received
#1 - What Does a 58% on a Math Test Mean to a Third Grader? - I am really honored that this post received the most hits on my blog. It is the impetus for me to start the conversation of standards based grading in my district
I am so looking forward to 2015. It will be a year of continued growth and sharing of my journey as an educator.
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