REFLECTION
• Connect theory and practice so that each informs the other.
• Take action and reflect on that action to improve teaching and learning.
• Develop and articulate a personal philosophy grounded in the HTH design principles.


INTO THE WORLD OF PROJECTS: http://www.hightechhigh.org/unboxed/issue3/into_the_world_of_projects/
Summary
For the Advanced Project Based Learning course, I wrote a reflective narrative about my first year as a PBL teacher. That paper developed into an article that was published in the spring edition of the UnBoxed journal.

PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATIONhttp://docs.google.com/View?id=dg7jb7kd_14hg9vkrdj
Summary
I wrote a first draft of this Philosophy of Education about seven years ago. I felt it important to include, because it speaks of the teacher I was all those years ago. It also addresses the educator I wanted to become. Through my experience in the High Tech High Graduate School for Educators, I feel much closer to Nietzsche's "true educator."

LIVING RESOURCES: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dg7jb7kd_15tbmfh6g9
Summary
In thinking about my experiences during the course of the year, I chose four living resources who I felt could give me feedback on my action research. I have emailed one person on the list, and I plan on sending more emails over the summer.

CAROL ANN TOMLINSON EMAILhttp://docs.google.com/View?id=dg7jb7kd_16f3z6q7t6
Summary
This is the email I sent to differentiation expert, Carol Ann Tomlinson. I am still waiting to hear back, so I plan to make another contact over summer break.