One of the benefits of having two whole weeks off at the holidays is the opportunity to listen to the Troy Aikman weekly call into our local radio station. (side note: what in the world would I have done if I had grownup somewhere other than Dallas??) He was, of course, talking about the Dallas […]
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Making goals is easy…the challenge comes in actually making them happen. My goals this year aren’t exciting. They aren’t earth shattering. They are, however, going to be accomplish-able, which to me, is the whole point. Some build on things from the fall semester. Some are in conjunction with accountability from my friends, my peers,
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While researching standards for my post on leadership, I discovered the tenets of leadership as defined by the state of Texas. Intrigued, I decided to delve a bit deeper into each standard, and see how it truly relates to my role. While these standards could establish what defines a leader on paper, I want to
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Tony Sinanis recently blogged about his big “three” as an admin and challenged me to write about what I think might be my big three. While I completely agree with his three: “be the ears, be the voice, and be the culture”, it would be redundant to say mine are the same. Instead I’ll share
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The evolution of this blog has come a long way. It began as a tool I used in my fourth grade classroom. It then became a place I could share all of the great things I was seeing in classrooms and share techie resources as a technology facilitator. It then became a place to share
If the blog title fits…goodbye, Technically yours, Teamann! Read More »
Taking part in the #EDUDO movement, I thought I would share a couple of tips and tricks discussed in our admin meeting last week on providing feedback. There was an ASCD post recently from Robyn Jackson that highlighted 4 ways to give effective feedback. There was a post in the Washington Post that came to
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We have another opportunity to participate in an edcamp this month! EdcampDallas is being held October 25th, 2014 at Wylie East High School. The tweetup, an opportunity to see and meet some virtual connections, will be held Friday night at 6pm at Houlihans. Why should you give up a Saturday to go to an edcamp?
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I love my daughter’s day care. They care about her, they love on her, some days they even fix her hair in these amazing ponytail/braid/thingies. (If you’ve seen that curly-haired energetic baby girl of mine, you’d know that is an impressive feat.) One afternoon last week, I pulled into the drive of her school, and
Lane check…who is your “check in person”? Read More »
Have you ever been guilty of making a judgement about someone? Maybe a coworker? Or a student? A parent who was defensive or absentee? Someone who did something you thought was “wrong”? I saw this video that my favorite Canadian George Couros posted on FB this weekend and it really reminded me of how often
It’s not the snap shot you should remember, take time to watch the movie! Read More »
This school year marks a new beginning for me in my professional career…the enormity in changing of districts. I spent my first twelve years in the same place, so each back to school season was one of comfort and familiarity. I knew faces, I knew places. I knew language, I knew priorities. I am lucky
No second chances on a first impression…make your welcome worth it! Read More »