Category: My students

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The Journey Continues…

Brent Mischnick

I began my next course in my DLL journey this past week and find myself overwhelmed with ideas for my upcoming innovation plan. I keep asking myself, what do I want to accomplish in my classroom, school or district that can disrupt the traditional model that I get frustrated with on a daily basis? I just want to try to implement so many ideas and I need to get a better focus on what my direction should be to best help, my students. Being that my classroom is 1 to 1 with Chromebooks and having access to a school license … Continue reading The Journey Continues…

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My DLL Journey…

Brent Mischnick

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 far. It has given me direction in my classroom and the guts to try new things with my students (like introducing the growth mindset). I know that I have a long way to go before I can say that my classroom is a COVA model, … Continue reading My DLL Journey…

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How Is That Going To Work?

Brent Mischnick

Reflecting on some of the reading I have done over the past week has me really wondering ‘how’? How will I get started with implementing the COVA approach in my classroom? What can I really expect my fifth-graders to accomplish? How do I get my students to take initiative and make choices for their own learning? As you can see I have a lot of questions going through my head right now. I know there are more questions that I want to be answered as well, but I don’t think my brain will allow me to ask them yet since … Continue reading How Is That Going To Work?

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Do My Students ‘Own’ Their Digital Portfolios?

Brent Mischnick

To answer this question, I believe you have to ask yourself, Can the students truly take their portfolio with them wherever they go? What if a student leaves a school district? Can they continue building that portfolio to show off their learning? What if they can’t take it with them? Then what? All of these questions need to be considered if we are truly going to understand if we are giving our students a true choice in their learning. My students have their own digital portfolios on Weebly as soon as they start third grade. These websites are created and controlled … Continue reading Do My Students ‘Own’ Their Digital Portfolios?

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Why Am I Writing this Blog Post?

Brent Mischnick

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 like I am reflecting on the process and what the outcome of asking this question is more often now that I am pursuing my M. Ed. and pushing myself toward the growth mindset. Can I improve on this process? Of course. The growth mindset is … Continue reading Why Am I Writing this Blog Post?