Thank you @oueducation and @UofOklahoma and all their amazing faculty for giving me valuable tools and a world class education so I can reach new heights and take my students along with me! #oklaed
Please watch and share Reggie and Rachelle Whitten's documentary on the opioid epidemic. My dear friends have helped me save many lives in Uganda and now they are trying to do the same at home. You can watch it all at killingpain.com.
Is technology watering down literacy? Literacy “...has become a rapid and continuous process in which we read, write, view, listen, compose, & communicate information. (Coiro et al, 2008). Rather than taking away from literacy, technology is adding value. #21stCenturyLiteracy
"Teachers have the opportunity and responsibility to model high quality uses of digital technologies for students and their families." -Bridging Technology and Literacy by Hutchinson and Colwell (2015). What are you modeling for your students? #21stCenturyLiteracy
New Digital and Multimodal Literacies class in the OU Reading Specialist hybrid master’s degree. @JennyJones11 @melanne1313 @learnwithmisstran will be tweeting weekly about the topic #21stCenturyLiteracy#readingprofessional
OU Reading Specialist masters classes go entirely hybrid this semester. Complete the program in 5 semesters. Classes meet face to face monthly on weekends and online in between. #21stCenturyLiteracy#professionaldegree#readingprofessional
I have had conversations with reporters several times this week.. They are not willing to let the #oklaed funding issues die yet.. neither should you! Thank you for continuing to tell Oklahoma teacher stories.
Number 1 takeaway from @oueducation grad orientation today! If you don’t know or need help - talk to Anna and Mike in Collings 150e Graduate Programs Office. They can also share the resources from today’s orientation & don’t delete their emails!
Today @oueducation students in Gulu, Uganda demonstrated flexibility & active teaching to children aged 4-6. #futureeducators #”ican’tbelieveItaughtkidsthislittle!” (A quote from the secondary math ed majors) #proudprofessor
Francis Bacon argued for practicing science in a more basic and practical way by engaging in compassionate application of our research to others. Our job is to make the world a better place, not just to advance our own careers.