If you knew I was next door….would you still talk to your students that way? If it was your child…would you treat them like that? If it happened to your grandchild, would you be calm & rational? If you knew your coworker behaved that way, would you say something? If you “liked” a student more, […]
We’re back, it’s calm & quiet, and its like we haven’t ever left! 🙂 I don’t believe in New Year’s Resolutions, mainly b/c I never seem to follow them, 🙂 What I do believe in is making positive changes that will impact my life. That being said, my list of 8 (duh!) goals does involve
In the same spirit my positive piece was yesterday, James and I would like to share an article that our esteemed Assistant Superintendent, Phyllis Parker, shared with us this week. I’m going to ask in this week’s Lion Bytes, that you not only take the time to read, but also to respond via a comment about your
I had a GREAT first day back, 🙂 and from the texts, messages, and emails…I’d say you LL’s agree! This year is going to be a bucket full of fun and success! I have notes to put in your boxes on Monday, your own lil’drops to distribute. Make a goal for yourself…how many drops a
Perspective: Which of these define your mindset this Monday morning? 18 more days left until summer vacation. Only 18 days left of instruction. I won’t put you on the spot and make you answer that, 🙂 but I will write this blog suggesting some ways to make BOTH of those thoughts more tolerable for ya!
The field of education can be a trying one. The news attacks us, the students don’t seem to listen, we don’t get paid enough. yada yada. Not that we’re those people. (Remember that. I’ll come back to it in a minute, so put it in your pocket and save it for later.) Many times “jobs’ can be
Tomorrow will be the first speedgeeking event here at Luna. The concept, similar to “speed dating” is going to introduce you to five different technology integration pieces. This is meant to give you a lil’taste of FIVE different easy and fun ways that you can add these tools into your lesson plans. We will be
Homework, homework, homework! We all give it, we all grade it, we all have our purposes behind it. As we move into the spring, and the time of many an educator head ache, I want us to REALLY think about what we’re sending home and why. Thanks to my PLN, (8amber8), I came across a great
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I’ve touched on this topic before but it has been brought back to the forefront of my attention after Alan November’s speech last week at Convocation that threw Facebook back into the mix. Social media is everywhere. Between Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, FlickR, etc, not one facet of our being hasn’t been touched by this change in society.
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