Rebecca Walters’s Updates
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Update #7: Educators Find New Learning Tools in the Student World of Video Games
In today's educational system, educators are finding it more and...More
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Update #6: Special Education Technology Needs to Go Beyond the Screen
We all, as professionals in the education world, know that having special needs does not translate to being mentally deficient, but the misconception still exists. In today's world, we must continue to improve opportunities for students with special...More
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Update #5: Marzano Evaluation Tools
I wanted to write a post about teacher evaluation. I am so curious what other schools/districts are doing to promote teacher training and learning and the evaluation/analyzation process that accompanies that
Our district is using the Marzano resea...More
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Update #4: When Tech Meets Project Based Learning
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2016-06-22-when-tech-meets-project-based-learning
How many of you are using project-based learning? I am exploring this innovative learning practice for my second work. Betsy Corcoran writes an interesting piece her...More
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Update #1: The Literacy Games: Summer Lessons About Media from YA Fiction
The Literacy Games: Summer Lessons About Media from YA Fiction
I chose to examine the educational theory of multiliteracies for work one. I found a very relevant connection in the attached article. Jonathan Alexander, a professor of English and...More
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New Learning Student
My name is Rebecca Walters. I am a middle school teacher in a town called, Traverse City in northern Michigan. I teach a variety of electives: Global Foods, American Foods, Yearbook, and Digital Media Communications. I am working on completing my ma...More