September 2007 - Posts
Technology is awesome and truly saves a lot of time. However, with all of our busy lifestyles, do we have to make ourselves available all of the time? If someone calls and we're driving, do we have to respond immediately? A survey recently conducted by
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My kids gave me an iPod, and I am downloading songs as I type. It kind of makes me feel like a sixth grader. Almost.
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I had one of those teacher dreams last night. (Actually, it was a nice reprieve from dreaming about packing boxes.) Anyway, in the dream, one of my students decided to act out, and nothing I did stopped his behavior. I'm wondering if my dream occurred
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My three year old grandson completed an art project at school that I just love. The apples are quite large for the tree. They make me just want to go out, find that tree, and bite into one of those apples. Obviously, the project was accompanied by a taste
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I received an email from the answers.com people that they are offering a writing competition for students. A class works as a team and can win movie tickets. It might be a way for students to learn new vocabulary words and see what it's like to work as
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Who would believe that a group of spiders from different species could work together and create a giant web? It seems that there was some sort of harmony that brought them together. This story reminds of cooperative groups in the classroom when some kids
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Just when I think I've seen everything, I see that someone has come up with a new use for maggots. The attractive creatures are dipped in nontoxic (thank goodness) paint and placed on paper to do their own thing to create a colorful, artistic design.
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For some strange reason, I am always cynical about surveys. It seems like people spout off information, and use it to support their own causes. What really happens with the accumulated data anyway? For a few years we were able to evaluate our schools
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Or is it? Does anyone know why apples are associated with teachers? At least we're not connected to the donut. Can you imagine what our teacher vests and sweaters would look like? What if the banana had been the chosen fruit? What if kids brought cauliflower
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I read recently where many adults admitted to seldom reading a real book. I can't tell you where I read this because my life has been all over the map recently. The article was a gentle put down for parents who do not read. One good idea from the article
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