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Ed Reflections
Wow. It has been a tremendous 7 week of remote learning, effort, anxiety, highs and lows. Before I taught virtually I imagined teaching confidently from my computer. I was (almost) excited because I LOVE tech and my kids have a… Continue Reading →
When I have students in my middle school classroom, I love looking at them and imagining two things: What they were like as a baby in their parents’ arms, and Who they will become as adults It makes me invest… Continue Reading →
This is the end of my first year in a new district. It is very different from all the schools I have taught in – especially the size! My first school graduated about 50 kids a year and I WAS… Continue Reading →
One of my major shifts in my “ed-philosophy” over the years was from viewing kids as students I “controlled” in order to teach them, to working with kids to help them succeed in learning. As a new teacher, I equated… Continue Reading →
Over the past five years, cellphones in school have become as polarizing as politics. As technology advanced, teachers developed ways to revolutionize learning with personal devices, and before the (amazing) movement towards 1:1 occurred, many teachers started allowing students to… Continue Reading →
I read a quote recently that inspired compassion for the children we work with by @TechNinjaTodd “When you work with kids, you have to reach the understanding that no matter what their age is, you’re still dealing with little people who… Continue Reading →
Recently, my principal shared a blog in her weekly bulletin that made me reflect on “the students we are going to give up on”. They are often conversations that begin in a hot classroom in June, but if we really… Continue Reading →