I began my teaching career in a traditional bricks-and-mortar setting, and when the opportunity presented itself to me to teach in an online environment at Nevada Connections Academy, I practically beat down the principal’s door in order to get a chance to try something new. For me, online learning presented a highly challenging type of academic environment—one that changed much of what we traditionally know about learning—and shouted, “Let’s try something new!” I love a new learning curve, and this was so far removed from my teaching comfort zone that the brand-new excitement of an innovative challenge to teaching and learning was almost overwhelming.
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(Posted by Belinda Shillingburg on the Connections Academy Blog. Click to read the rest.)