This is the presentation being shared at the Region X Technology Conference. For your convenience… Be more dog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMzgl0nFj3s Girls first ski jump: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebtGRvP3ILg Principal Meltdown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDASxk5kiDw Thanks for coming to my session, or looking into the resources! 🙂 sharing is nice, Amber
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In every classroom there are students who don’t quite fit in. They may be more mature than their peers, or less mature than their peers. They may dress differently. They may learn differently. They may laugh differently. Sometimes they may BEHAVE differently. It doesn’t take much a for a student to ostracize themself from
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In the fast paced day to day-ness of our world, it is easy to take the easy route of telling some one that they did a great job, or that you appreciate what they’ve done for your campus. The words are always welcome. However, there is nothing as powerful as tangible words on the page.
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5 Key Strategies for ELL Instruction By Rebecca Greene (This article was orginally published in an ASCD brief. Ms. Greene’s contributions have the voice of a teacher, which are powerful! ) English Language Learners (ELLs) face the double challenge of learning academic content as well as the language in which it is presented. Teachers have traditionally
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I know that sounds a lil’extreme, but seriously, it did. Dropbox is a storing/sharing place in the cloud that allows you to keep up with all of your files,where ever you are, even across platforms. I love this blurb I came across: “This program acts as a “magic pocket” which is always with you
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This past spring I contemplated several changes to my career path. Some very similar to what I am doing now…some were very different. I mentally went back and forth with people I trust and people who know my heart. I have loved being an assistant principal at Luna. I couldn’t imagine learning how to do
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I love the fact that my grown up profession revolves around a calendar that includes back to school clothes and school supplies. As a teacher, I always needed a “new” start the school year off fabulously outfit. It was just part of the deal! Now as an admin, I get two. One for teachers first
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Poetry Picks I am so tempted to title all of my blog posts with a smiley face. You may thank me for holding me back, 😉 Can I help it that I love my job?? Speaking of loving my job, one of my (my, heehee!) rockstar teachers, Emily Koder, sent me some outstanding resources for
Social Studies is the subject that is most easily overlooked at times. It’s also one of the hardest to find “fun” engaging, interactive websites for, 🙂 In my TECHedge today, they so thoughtfully provides a great list. Enjoy! Studying-ly, Amber CNN Student News – 10 minutes of current events every day History Animated – animations of the
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Love the phrase I read today…”Video is the new Power Point”….and I so agree! One of my favorite lines from Grey’s Anatomy that I use ALL the time is “Power Point is SO 1997.” Makes me chuckle every time, 🙂 Luckily, the days of yesteryear are gone, where it takes an expert, or an army,