Ignite talks are tag lined with “Enlighten us, but make it quick,”. Ignite is a presentation format where a presenter speaks while slides advance automatically to support them. An Ignite presentation is exactly 5 minutes, and contains exactly 20 slides. The slides advance automatically after each slide is displayed for 15 seconds. I think this […]
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I typically use this blog for professional purposes. Allow me to deviate just this once. (Although, I do have an educator tie in at the end! keep reading!) Let’s travel back…back to 1989 when a certain UCLA quarterback played against the Arkansas Razorbacks in the 1989 Cotton Bowl classic which was played in Dallas. The hype
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Who knew way back in college when I became besties with a gentleman that I worked with that I’d eventually be SUPER indebted and impressed with his wife?? Well, he probably knew that, 🙂 I mentioned on Facebook last spring how completely confused with creating my own website & blogging platform. I needed it
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Leaders are everywhere. They aren’t just the ones in charge. Take for example the office clerk in Georgia, who was able to prevent who knows how many injuries or even possibly deaths. Antoinette Tuff said she convinced an armed Michael Brandon Hill, 20, to surrender after a brief gun battle inside the Ronald E. McNair
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(aside: I think all of my titles should rhyme!) I remember the time crunch of being in the classroom. I never felt the pressure more than when it came time for our state tests. No matter how hard we’d worked I always had the thought in the back of my mind that if I
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Yet another reason kinder classes could teach the rest of us a few things… I sat in on a morning routine this week and was so tickled to hear & see this. Wouldn’t we all have better days if we started each day singing this to ourselves? I think they have their priorities straight! Singingly,
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During a conversation with a new colleague recently, she expressed surprise at the fact that I have two daughters, not just one curly headed one. I heart social media, especially when it lets me share my sweet baby girl with my friends and family. I am very cautious, however, about sharing my big girl. She
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At the beginning of the year there is always a need for scaffolding basics, especially for younger students or students who may need a reminder of what reading is all about. Teach your Monster to Read is a free game to practice the first steps of reading. It is built on the principles of synthetic
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Do you find yourself spending a TON of money at the beginning of the school year? Me too! To help teachers ease that financial burden, the Dairy Queen® system has launched the Orange Julius® Treat for Teachers essay contest, presented by Orange Julius at DQ®, which gives teachers an opportunity to receive funding for classroom
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Our challenge this week was to discuss our philosophy of education…I’m going to cheat, 🙂 and offer up this quote and these two posts that I think directly reflect my opinions of what I think a school should look like. What can you do in 16 days? If… What do you think?
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