I love this picture of me because it shows my first love affair. I am deeply, madly, passionately in love with reading and with words and with narratives of any kind. It plays out in my love of history, my love of objects, and museums, and learning. It bleeds into everything I do and everything … Continue reading Little Bits of Fiction – #BLOG365 Day 66
Month: November 2016
Using Art to Teach Reading – #BLOG365 Day 65
Over the last few days I have shared Picturing America a few times with colleagues. It's funny how resources float in and out of your mind. I don't think I had thought about Picturing America for months. But, yesterday I asked a friend "do you ever using art to teach history?" Today I have … Continue reading Using Art to Teach Reading – #BLOG365 Day 65
Sometimes You Just Need to Reset – #BLOG Day 64
Yesterday was a rough day. My husband has been traveling for 2 weeks. My son had a camping trip and basketball try outs and it was Halloween. Last week was Homecoming so we had to dress up by theme each day (a.k.a. extra work for overworked mamas). Couple all that with some difficult conversations at … Continue reading Sometimes You Just Need to Reset – #BLOG Day 64
Author of Clarity – #BLOG365 Day 63
Today, I heard one of my colleagues say he didn't want to be an author of confusion. It's an idea from 1 Corinthians and while I am not religious at all, I really like this idea as it pertains to our work within educational institutions. Making sure that we build clarity around vision in the … Continue reading Author of Clarity – #BLOG365 Day 63
Teacher as Artist – #BLOG365 Day 62
I asked one of the teacher groups I am working with to read this post by George Couros, the 10 Essential Characteristics of a 21st Century Teacher. In it, he writes about the teacher as artist. It was an idea that stuck with the teacher group. Couros doesn't write about teacher's being organized or flexible. He … Continue reading Teacher as Artist – #BLOG365 Day 62
Let It Go! And I’m Not Talking About Frozen – #BLOG365 Day 61
I am part of a few professional learning networks on blogging. It helps me stay focused on #BLOG365 and be positively accountable to a group. One challenge that many of us sometimes face is the need for perfection in blogging, the feeling that we can’t post until our writing is perfect. I definitely felt like this … Continue reading Let It Go! And I’m Not Talking About Frozen – #BLOG365 Day 61
Jill Cross 