Professional Development Minutes

Since I rarely receive comments on this blog, I have been posting on LinkedIn instead. Follow me on LinkedIn for weekly updates:  www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-fockler

And when I thought things couldn't get any worse:  “Forever Chemicals” Called PFAS Show Up in Your Food, Clothes, and Home

This panel conversation discusses loneliness, AI, and education. 

Noah Kahan "New Perspective" Sing along optional:  Ooh, silence is making me nostalgic Two sizes big, your shirt in my apartment Oh, we were kids, but that don't make this less hard If I could fly I doubt I'd even do it I'd probably get high and crash or something stupid You made Ohio feel just like Central Park

Drawing is a fantastic pedagogy. Read the following article to find out why:  The Science of Drawing and Memory

How might you introduce slow pedagogy in your classroom?

Cell phones are environmentally unfriendly. But they are also mentally draining. Dr. Angela Duckworth recently gave a commencement speech at Bates College, arguing for detaching and disconnecting from our cell phones.