Category: growth mindset

COVA…a Look into the Future of Learning

Beginning my journey in the Digital Learning and Leading (DLL) program at Lamar University was not an easy decision and definitely kept me up at night more than once. Although, when I started my first course and was introduced to the growth mindset (#1 below); everything changed. I began to realize that many of my … Continue reading COVA…a Look into the Future of Learning

2019…Let’s go!

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Happy New Year to everyone! I really cannot believe that I am writing this blog post in 2019. Every school year seems to go by quicker and quicker, and this one has gone into hyperdrive since I started my DLL journey. I just finished my fourth class in the Digital … Continue reading 2019…Let’s go!

Do You Have a Growth Mindset ‘yet’?

Dweck's (2007) book was a great introduction to the start of my journey in the DLL program back in August. It reminded me of the different ways my students may respond to being challenged in my classroom. As I began to reread the book, I almost thought for a minute that Dr. Dweck had been … Continue reading Do You Have a Growth Mindset ‘yet’?

Creating Significant Learning Environments

My classroom is a place of learning, but is it true learning at its best? After reading, A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change by Brown & Thomas (2011), I have realized just how far away my students are from the new culture of learning that they require. … Continue reading Creating Significant Learning Environments

My DLL Journey…

Can it really be the end of the second course already in my DLL journey? I reflect on what I have experienced so far and sometimes it is just a blur. Then I really reflect by writing a blog post on here and realize what the beginning of this journey has meant to me so … Continue reading My DLL Journey…

Why Am I Writing this Blog Post?

Why? That is the question I have asked myself A LOT in the last few weeks. It might be about, why did I teach it that way or why didn't think of that before I did it that way? This process of asking myself 'why' is not a new concept for me, but I feel … Continue reading Why Am I Writing this Blog Post?