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September 1: New Projects, Either/Or & Pronouns

7th grade started the Rescue Mission Sprint after setting up the websites for their design journals. Walking them thru the setup step by step was super helpful and made sure everyone had the same format and was ready to go. Now I just need to check the links to see if they really work. TheContinue reading “September 1: New Projects, Either/Or & Pronouns”

30 Day Challenge

For the month of September, our middle school is participating in a 30 Day challenge. We watched this Ted Talk in our advisories and then took some time to come up with appropriate goals for the month. My students are working on everything from exercise plans to improving their American Sign Language skills. For me,Continue reading “30 Day Challenge”

Search Tabs in Chrome

I found a little something in Google Chrome today that I think is relatively new, or at least I had not noticed before. If you happen to be one of those people that likes to keep a bazillion tabs open, you can now search all those bazillion tabs in a Chrome window by clicking onContinue reading “Search Tabs in Chrome”

Cranking back up

I’ve decided its time to dust this old site off and see if I can make it active again. I spent the last week or so going through my archives of old sites and blogs and trying to put them all together under one roof. It has been a pretty fun trip down memory lane.Continue reading “Cranking back up”

Reboot, again

Hello? Is this thing on? I’ve finally found this blog again after it got buried under a new country, new school and new classes. I’m officially dusting it off and planning to document the next phase of my career here at American Community School in Amman, Jordan. Hopefully, it won’t get buried again. Next year,Continue reading “Reboot, again”

Reflecting on my years with #AfricaEd

Almost four years ago I had an idea. I’d participated in a couple of Twitter chats and found them to be great inspiration and full of resources. But none of them seemed to take place during the hours I wanted to engage. The chats that I had found were all based in the US whichContinue reading “Reflecting on my years with #AfricaEd”

The Importance of Playing with Friends

At my school, there is a group of grown men and women who giggle and laugh every time they see each other on campus. Sometimes we just laugh and say to one another, “Wait til Monday.” For the past five years, we’ve had an after school football match for staff. When I first arrived, itContinue reading “The Importance of Playing with Friends”

Blogging Buddies

So I’ve added another point to my to do list and I’m excited about it. I’ve decided to join the ISTE Ed Tech Coaches Blogging Buddies. I’m hoping this will add the incentive back to posting regular blogs. I got off to a great start this year, but definitely fizzled out second semester. So here’s theContinue reading “Blogging Buddies”

Making it count

This week I get the opportunity to lead our secondary staff for an afternoon PD session. I have to be honest, at this point of the year, I’m not really expecting everyone to skip into the room filled with excitement. I’m thinking I’ll most likely need some motivational words to keep my audience from slipping out theContinue reading “Making it count”

A New Challenge

My two worlds have collided to bring me my most recent opportunity. The first is the world of connected educators. The second, my mom. Being connected has provided me with a plethora of opportunities, resources and friends. My Twitter world has helped me start an EdCamp and two international chats, be invited to facilitate at a conference, presentContinue reading “A New Challenge”