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Getting in the Flow or “The Slow Clap”

My first full week of the school year is complete. So far, I absolutely love what I do. It is completely different everyday, full of puzzles, people and practice. I’m dedicated to looking at this with the beginner’s mind as I go through each day. My colleagues come to me for help and to learn but IContinue reading “Getting in the Flow or “The Slow Clap””

Its Been One Week

I made a goal for myself to write a bit this year about my work, so here it goes. I’m happy to say that, at least from my perspective, our first week at LCS was a fantastic success. There were bugs, lots of them, with our LMS and scheduling, but we worked through them andContinue reading “Its Been One Week”

Tranisition

Another year in the books. I’ve now got thirteen years of teaching under my belt and it feels good. It seems like so long ago that I sat in the office of Jackson Middle School on a snow day to interview for my first teaching job. Little did I know as my references were calledContinue reading “Tranisition”

Surfing Safari

As I submit my final project, I’m still working on the unit in the classroom. For various reasons, the timing just didn’t quite work out, but we are about 92.7% finished. Throughout the unit, the ideas have swelled, broken, and reformed. They continue to come in waves. I have so many ideas of where thisContinue reading “Surfing Safari”

Bridge Over Troubled Waters

Its always a challenge to work on a project that relies on creating a project with others that will be completed by someone else who has to ask another group for their participation in order to complete the project. Huh? It creates a bit of a tangled web of planners, participants and producers that looksContinue reading “Bridge Over Troubled Waters”

Turn, Turn, Turn

Life is a process of change. Without change, life is impossible. Once you accept that with joy, there is no fear. – Thich Nhat Hanh I came across this quote in the past couple of weeks and as I was planning today, it popped back into my head. If we substitute “teaching” for “life” IContinue reading “Turn, Turn, Turn”

Let’s Get It Started

Its time to really start thinking about this project and getting things rolling. Actually, I’ve been thinking about it for while, I just need to start taking some action. Here’s an outline of my plan. I’m hoping to drastically improve last year’s oral history project that I started with my 8th grade humanities class. ItContinue reading “Let’s Get It Started”

Let's Get It Started

Question the Answers

Readings for this week were interesting and I’ll offer some brief thoughts before I get to my learning protein. I’m not a fan of the flipped classroom approach. I think work at home of any sort is a challenge as there are innumerable variables that students face. I prefer to keep as much work in class asContinue reading “Question the Answers”

Chalk Dust Torture

I think of my humanities class as basically a project based course. I rarely give paper and pencil tests. Partly because I hated taking them when I was a student, partly because I hate grading them as a teacher and partly because I just believe there are better ways to demonstrate understanding. Even the GoogleContinue reading “Chalk Dust Torture”