Author Archives: Jon Becker

E-Portfolios as Digital Stories of Deep Learning

Helen Barrett has been at the work of ePortfolios for a very long time. She’s been researching their use, presenting about them, etc. for decades. As we head [..]

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Exploring the Reggio Approach as a new context for teaching practice

The title of this post is also the title of an incredible professional learning opportunity for educators to be hosted by Sabot at Stony Point, a PK-8 independent [..]

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(Re)Introducing the Virginia Education Report

[NOTE: cross-posted from Educational Insanity] A while back, my edu-colleague Chad Ratliff asked me if I was interested in joining him in an effort to create a space [..]

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Another Leader Amongst Us

I’ve already fetted John Hendron for his VSTE award. But, our Ed.D. program is chock full of awesomeness. If you read Richmond Magazine, you may know that they [..]

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Tomorrow is Today

Dr. Pam Moran is the Superintendent in Albemarle County. She’s also a good friend and colleague of mine. I’ve never met a school leader quite like Pam. Please [..]

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A Leader Amongst Us

Hearty congratulations are in order for our very own John Hendron. Last week, John was awarded the Making IT Happen award at the 27th annual Virginia Society for Technology [..]

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Embedding documents into a WordPress page

Greetings Ed.D. folks, I’ve received multiple inquiries about adding documents (Word files, .pdf files,  pictures, videos, etc.) to an artifacts page on your WordPress site. There are a [..]

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More on ePortfolios

Thanks to John Hendron for his comprehensive and thoughtful post about portfolios, which was, I believe, a response to my earlier post. I hope you’ve all taken the [..]

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Should Graduate Students Create E-Portfolios?

In case any number of you fine Ed.D. folks are still cursing me and my colleagues for the digital portfolio aspect of your program, I encourage you to [..]

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Open peer review

Just when you’re getting comfortable with the idea of peer editing, along comes the next generation… open peer review. Check out what some forward-thinking scholars in the digital [..]

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