by Kelly Koller | Jun 3, 2019 | Educator Explorers, Educators, Explorer Mindset: Content Area
Being an Explorer is the foundation of my educational philosophy and the science program I created at my current school. I wholeheartedly believe that learning, especially science through completing authentic tasks and field studies is the way to go! By...
by Kelly Koller | Jun 3, 2019 | Educator Explorers, Educators
How has thinking of yourself as an Educator Explorer vs an Educator changed your instruction? Personally, I had identified closely with an indoor cat. Fabulous, clever, indoors. The outdoors wasn’t for me. I even made jokes about how I didn’t go outside. Truth be...
by Kelly Koller | Mar 10, 2019 | Educator Explorers, Explorer Mindset: Content Area
By Kelly Koller Even though I am leading up the project of this web tool, the Explorer Mindset is a work in progress for me. I think it will always be. After all, that is the nature of exploration. To me implementing an Explorer Mindset in ELA means breathing life...
by Kelly Koller | Mar 10, 2019 | Educator Explorers
Anne Lewis Seeing myself as an explorer and an educator has been transformative. I no longer think of developing the “life long learner” with my learners (which are both students and teachers). It is a great concept but about as motivating lukewarm canned...
by Kelly Koller | Mar 10, 2019 | Educator Explorers
Caroline Little It’s been 18 years since I first stepped into a classroom and tried to figure out how to best engage my students, “Bonjour tout le monde! Je suis votre nouvelle prof de français!” A few years ago I realized that I was at a pivotal point of my teaching...
