Your content is on fire. You can only save five things, five things you can use to continue to propel learning for your students. What do you save? This was the question posed to us at Empower17 by Nancy Frey, literacy expert and author of Visible Learning for Literacy. I wish I had heard this … Continue reading If the Content You Teach Was On Fire What Would You Save?- #BLOG365 Day 176 @NancyFrey #visiblelearning #Empower17 @ascdempower
Month: March 2017
Leading by Learning -#BLOG365 Day 175
If you have read my blog enough you know that I am addicted to learning. I always have been. I can distinctly remember the day before first grade when I stayed up past my bedtime to read through my new textbooks and my mom likes to tell the story of when she dropped me off … Continue reading Leading by Learning -#BLOG365 Day 175
Museum Monday: The Beginning of the Journey-#BLOG365 Day 174 #sschat #museumed
Museum Monday, a day late... Yesterday I was traveling from California to Florida and I completely forgot it was Museum Monday. I hardly ever miss a Museum Monday. They are, by far, my favorite blog post each week. So...better late I suppose. A few weeks ago I was reminded of the first school exhibition I … Continue reading Museum Monday: The Beginning of the Journey-#BLOG365 Day 174 #sschat #museumed
Who I Am-#BLOG365 Day 173
This weekend at ASCD's Empower 17 conference Deb Delisle shared this quote from Jill Biden during the opening session. As she shared it, you could hear the collective agreement of the 7,000 educators in the room. You could feel the comfort we all felt being in a space with others who understood this sentiment to … Continue reading Who I Am-#BLOG365 Day 173
That First Year-#BLOG365 Day 172
Yesterday I got to talking about my first year of teaching with a group of colleagues, relaying funny stories and challenging experiences. As I was sharing I realized I was mostly looking back on that year with fondness. It is pretty interesting that the most challenging year of my career is one I look back … Continue reading That First Year-#BLOG365 Day 172
Using Video to Improve Instruction – #BLOG365 #sschat
Last night I was cleaning out my Google Drive and I found a video I had done for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in which I demonstrated a quick object-based learning activity. The video was only four minutes. Each day at the beginning of class we began with an object observation activity where students "read" … Continue reading Using Video to Improve Instruction – #BLOG365 #sschat
#Empower17 – #BLOG365 Day 173
If you were to glance at my bookshelf, one thing may stand out to you. On the spines of almost every book on my shelf you will find that the majority of the titles are published by one organization, ASCD. This would not have been the case a few years ago. Sure, I had … Continue reading #Empower17 – #BLOG365 Day 173
Thank Goodness for Blog Buddies-#BLOG365 Day 171
Thank goodness for blog buddies! I started off this journey with a group of other educators from around the country. You can check their blogs out here. The rest of the group is around day 200. I am about 30 days behind thanks to travel and holidays. Most of us are still going in one … Continue reading Thank Goodness for Blog Buddies-#BLOG365 Day 171
Reawakening – #BLOG Day 170 #yoga
As with many yogis my favorite pose is shavasana, that moment of deep relaxation at the end of a practice. I never know how my body will respond in this pose and whether it will be difficult or easy to be still in those moments. Yesterday I found a new reason to love shavasana, the … Continue reading Reawakening – #BLOG Day 170 #yoga
Museum Monday: Using Art in the Classroom -#BLOG Day 169 #artsed #museummonday
March 20 marks the anniversary of Henri Matisse's exhibition at the Salon des Independants in 1903. Post Impressionism is one of my favorite artistic movements and I am fascinated with the Salon des Independants and its role in art history. Today I thought I would write about one of my favorite approaches to art viewing: the … Continue reading Museum Monday: Using Art in the Classroom -#BLOG Day 169 #artsed #museummonday
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