https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h4GD2feZ8Q&app=desktop The scariest thing this October isn't the spooky Halloween costumes or frightful decorations. It's not haunted houses or zombies. It's our grading culture. The Wicked Witch of Education! Look, there's been a lot of research on grading and grading systems. Despite the fact that these studies show grades actually demotivate students, we continue … Continue reading Boo! Grades! -#BLOG365 Day 55
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Me on the Map: Networked Educators – #BLOG365 #IMMOOC Day 50
So, I am still struggling with teacher empowerment, looking for inventive ways to inspire sharing and unleash the inner teacher leader in others. I read this blog post today, Why Even the Worst Bloggers Are Making Us Smarter. In it, the author writes "we do not work in a sealed-off, Rodin Thinker fashion." I'm also reminded of … Continue reading Me on the Map: Networked Educators – #BLOG365 #IMMOOC Day 50
Dear Desk: A Warning to the Pile of Work You Hold – #BLOG365 Day 46
Dear Desk, Right now you are a cluttered mess. You are filled with at least 4 books I am reading, dog- eared and annotated. Post-it notes mock me at all corners. My iPad is dead, the victim of a week away from work. There are a few stacks of articles and paperwork to be … Continue reading Dear Desk: A Warning to the Pile of Work You Hold – #BLOG365 Day 46
Museum Monday: Hoosier-Style Kitchen Cabinet-#BLOG365 Day 45
This weekend I made a bit of an impulse buy at the antique store. Not completely out of character for me. As I mentioned in a previous post, we are in the process of restoring an Antebellum home, built in 1836. I have decided to celebrate my kitchen's small size and play up the history … Continue reading Museum Monday: Hoosier-Style Kitchen Cabinet-#BLOG365 Day 45
I’m Behind – #BLOG365 Day 44
So, I've been wicked sick all week and now I am behind on blogging. Two days. Before I got sick I thought about this happening. I expected to be completely disappointed in myself if I missed a day. When I was laying on my couch recuperating I did think about blogging. I couldn't muster the … Continue reading I’m Behind – #BLOG365 Day 44
Lessons After 30 Straight Days of Blogging – #BLOG365 Day 39
I have to admit I am sort of patting myself on the back after 30+ straight days of blogging. I'm an Aquarius, a big dreamer. Sometimes my dreams get the best of me and they don't always play out in the ways I expect. Sometimes I give up. So, when I agreed to do this … Continue reading Lessons After 30 Straight Days of Blogging – #BLOG365 Day 39
That Time Your Kid Started a Blog -#BLOG365 Day 24
My son has an empathetic heart and big ideas about social issues and environmental protection. Last night we took a long walk around our town and he went on and on and on about everything that was wrong in the world and his plan to fix it all as an adult. He was feeling like he … Continue reading That Time Your Kid Started a Blog -#BLOG365 Day 24
Write Long and Strong – #BLOG365 Day 15
"Write long and strong." I heard this in a classroom the other day. We adopted a new writing series this year and I have been in classrooms almost every day to see how it's going, offer support, and facilitate the introduction of writing workshop at our school. Being in the midst of writing instruction … Continue reading Write Long and Strong – #BLOG365 Day 15
Museum Monday – #BLOG365 Day 5
I have always been a collector. As a child I collected Barbies (in the box), ceramics, and Cabbage Patch dolls. I collected books and Russian trinkets and JFK memorabilia. I even had a shopping bag collection at one point growing up. Today my collections are too numerous to count: Liberty Blue, presidential bobble heads or really anything … Continue reading Museum Monday – #BLOG365 Day 5
Jill Cross 