I know that you are tired of my on again off again relationship with Facebook. It must be exhausting to read when I am happy with Facebook and when I am upset. I am sure you are saying to yourself, “Pick a side!” I’d love to. I really would, but there are simply too many …
Buried in this article full of great statics, I found this image: Does this classroom look much different? As a visual learner, I appreciate the graphic, but I am not sure that it looks that much different than the classroom I attended school. For me, that’s disappointing. With the innovation that surrounds us every day, …
Common Core Standards are argued to be guiding student writers who struggle and grapple with what to write about. Here are the guidelines: 1. Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. 2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas …
I just read Princess Academy, a young adult novel, recommended by one of my youth. As a teacher, I read it through different eyes and I was amazed at the way it described literacy development in a mountain village. The desire and passion in one student then transfered to the rest of the village. Literacy might …
I can’t say that I’ve caught the wave of Pinterest pandemonium. Maybe it’s the facebook posts repeating so many of the same things found on Pinterest that make me feel like I am already experiencing what it’s like or maybe it’s the suspicion that Pinterest, like Branded, is using woman for marketing research…well, actually it’s not …
And yet another podcast on the same idea: Confidence is knowing you can do something well. Courage is trying something that you aren’t sure what the outcome will be. If the Cowardly Lion can sing in a costume with curls and ribbons, then surely I can face the possibility of the uncertainty of what lies …
Wow the second article in a week that reminds me to be comfortable being different, being me: He said “Stop worrying about what you’re bad at. Focus on what you’re good at and do more of that. Swim downstream. That’s how you become successful. Play to your strengths.” I’ve never forgotten that conversation. It still took …
I don’t write about the issues surrounding being a woman much…wait actually, I don’t think I ever had. I’m hesitant to even explain why I feel the need to write this now, but here we go. One of my dear friends sent me this article and I so identified with the way she feels like …
I needed this reminder this morning. Thanks to Michael Smith, for posting it on his blog so that others like me who are heading into the second month of summer wondering and waiting for something to break for next school year. I needed the reminder that it’s not impossible to change. I needed the reminder …
It does seem that teaching is a secret clubhouse of experiences that you can only understand if you have lived them. I am shocked by the number of people who say things like, “I think I’ll go into teaching because those students could certainly use my experiences in business.” Teaching isn’t something you can pick …
