With our second (well…my first) Face to Face meeting happening this morning, I am actually probably hoping for what many were hankering for before the first scheduled meeting: I’m hoping to meet some of these bloggers and Twitterers (um…what do you call someone who Tweets? Is that even a thing?) that I have been reading […]
During an exciting art session this afternoon, my students were saying brilliant, insightful, and deeply reflective things about how we read images (we had just created an image that represented a “frame” in our retelling of Tuck Everlasting). My colleague and co-creator, also our school’s art teacher, grabbed her iPhone, turned on the recorder, and […]
Weebly is a teacher’s best friend. Or at the very least, it is my new best friend. As a new teacher, I am constantly striving to find ways to make my life easier, less complicated, and more sane. I’m not always successful with this pursuit (see the above part about being a new teacher), but […]
I’m excited to be part of The Cohort 21 Network and start learning and sharing about powerful teaching practices in the classroom. I think even by starting to tap in to the resources and tools that already surround us, inspiration, ideas, and possibilities start to take root and blossom.