Aug 22 2008
I’ve posted over at In Practice again (I know, it’s been a long time!), this time regarding Professional Development for Teachers. Check it out!
*****
I would love to see district in-service meetings run like TED Talks. Have you watched “The Future We Will Create: Inside the World of TED?” Do so, do so do so. The energy is incredible. “Books ARE technology.” “Creativity is as important as literacy.”
My brain is about ready to swoon.
*****
Apr 10 2008
I’ve posted over at In Practice again- this time about Kindergarten Roundup. I’ve included a list of topics I contemplate as I make observations of the preschool students that visit my classroom each spring as an introduction to what kindergarten is all about. If you’re a new kindergarten teacher who is interested in what kinds of information to be gathering during preschool visits or if you’re a parent who is enrolling your child at your school’s upcoming Roundup and you’d like to know what we teachers are looking for or quickly assessing when we meet your child, check it out!
Dec 31 2007
Looking back at the old while looking forward to the new- it’s my year-end blog review! For those of you who would like to try this one, just find the first blog entry from each month of the past year, cut and paste the first sentence or title next to each months’ name, then read and contemplate.
January: “Perhaps only other teachers will understand this.”
February:
March: “Apologies in advance, I’m still recovering from our latest round of Parent Teacher Conferences and all of the germs that have taken an extended tour in my classroom this month.”
April:
May:
June: “There are little eyes upon you and they’re watching you everyday…”
July:
August: “I’ve moved, unpacked, settled, and explored, and after once again having the time and inclination to visit the blogs and websites of teachers I admire, I feel myself getting back into the teaching mode.”
September: “My mother used to tell me ‘you can catch more flies with sugar than with vinegar.’”
October: “With a toddler running loose, time is of course, limited.”
November: “It’s November now, requiring some home decor swift-o change-o!”
December: “We decided to add bugs, ballerinas, and bulbs…”
Thoughts? It was a very busy year with my husband deployed, requiring I do the single-parent-thing as I worked full-time. I have certainly appreciated the time off since August, which is when my blogging really started to pick up. Writing almost every day has become part of my professional development as a teacher, has been my outlet for sharing what I’ve discovered elsewhere with others, and yes, has been therapeutic.
One resolution for 2008? Learn some more self-editing techniques!
By the way, I’ve posted again at In Practice, this time sharing authorship with Alice Mercer. Happy Reading!
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| « Jan | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| 28 | 29 | 30 | ||||
