April Sauline's Blog – January 2013 Archive (2)

         After locating and researching the background of my high school's Acceptable Use Policy and comparing it to the six standards of an exceptional AUP, I have uncovered some clear distinctions (though I cannot say I was surprised by them).

        While my high school’s AUP contains no specific PREAMBLE, the policy it self is located within our Parent/Student under the code of conduct, suggesting not only that the AUP is an extension of the school’s code of conduct but also that…

I was introduced to Bloom's Taxonomy when I began my undergraduate teaching degree almost 8 years ago, but I was not introduced to Marzano's Instructional Strategies until I began pursuing my masters degree last year. In either case, both have had an impact on my teaching.

Each of the schools for which I have worked have placed an emphasis on higher level thinking skills and thus higher levels of Bloom's taxonomy; this has positively affected my lesson plans. I was once required to…