I would say I am a fairly creative person. One reason I chose to be an educator is because it afforded me the opportunity to be creative every day. I don't mean creative in the artsy sense. I am creative in artsy ways. But, in education creativity can be found as you analyze your students' … Continue reading Creativity Abounds…If Only You Take a Moment to Notice – #BLOG365 Day 247
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Did I Write About This Before? – #BLOG365 Day 246
When you have been blogging almost every day for 246 days, sometimes more than once a day, you lose track of what you have already blogged about. Well, at least I do. I am fairly certain I have blogged about the same topics more than once. Sometimes I go back through my posts and double … Continue reading Did I Write About This Before? – #BLOG365 Day 246
I’m Not a Morning Person, But… – #BLOG365 Day 245
I have never been a morning person. I am all about self-care and sleep is one important element of that. But, over the last few years, as I get older and my schedule gets more hectic, I have found myself waking up earlier and earlier. I wake up at least one hour before I really … Continue reading I’m Not a Morning Person, But… – #BLOG365 Day 245
Packing Light – #BLOG365 Day 244 @TOPTeachGermany #TOPStudyTour
I am the worst packer ever. I can't ever decide what to take or leave. I always plan for more than I need. I have dragged too much luggage onto trains and planes and dragged it over big city sidewalks. I have come home with sore shoulders from carrying overfilled backpacks. Ugh. I hate it. … Continue reading Packing Light – #BLOG365 Day 244 @TOPTeachGermany #TOPStudyTour
Teacher as Artisan – #BLOG365 Day 243
Back in November I wrote about the Teacher as Artist. The impetus for the post was my interactions in a MOOC on Innovator's Mindset by George Couros. Today I am reading The Artisan Teaching Model for Instructional Leadership by Kenneth Baum and David Krulwich and I am seeing a new take on the idea of … Continue reading Teacher as Artisan – #BLOG365 Day 243
Museum Monday: Object Stories – #BLOG365 Day 241
Not the first time I write about object stories here. Probably not the last either. Today I began packing for our new adventure and I found an old favorite, Significant Objects. Imagine buying a small bauble at a thrift store and then creating a story to go along with it. A story of its origin and … Continue reading Museum Monday: Object Stories – #BLOG365 Day 241
Summer Reading: Can’t We Just Read? – #BLOG365 Day 240
Summer 1989. I remember the summer. My purple room. On my bed reading The Cay. Summer reading. I don't remember the book. I don't remember the characters or the plot. I remember being irritated with having to read it. I may have even skimmed it, and not really read it. Unusual for me. I love … Continue reading Summer Reading: Can’t We Just Read? – #BLOG365 Day 240
Boxes – #BLOG365 Day 238
Five different schools and countless classroom moves over the years... And I am still not sure I have mastered the art of packing lightly. Yesterday as I packed up my office I tried to clean out, really I did. I even did a bit of a clean up a few weeks ago. Dumping old files … Continue reading Boxes – #BLOG365 Day 238
At the End of the School Year, Don’t Forget to Reflect- #BLOG365 Day 228
I have been thinking about how we end the school year. Not for our students, but how we, as educators, end the school year. I know that in the craze of the last few weeks of school we can often lose focus, fail to reflect, move in a zombie-like state day after day. It's … Continue reading At the End of the School Year, Don’t Forget to Reflect- #BLOG365 Day 228
Museum Monday: Categorizing and Classifying With Museum Objects – #BLOG365 Day 224 #sschat #museumed
I've had a lot of down time lately, on planes and in airports, so I have been able to review and organize a lot of content from my museum school days. Today I found an activity I used to do with students that I had completely forgotten about. In introducing museums to our students … Continue reading Museum Monday: Categorizing and Classifying With Museum Objects – #BLOG365 Day 224 #sschat #museumed
Jill Cross 