https://www.ted.com/talks/sal_khan_let_s_teach_for_mastery_not_test_scores?utm_campaign=ios-share&utm_medium=social&source=email&utm_source=email This video has been floating around Twitter lately. Its a few years old, but reminds me of how important it is to revisit the idea of mastery each day in our classrooms and with our students. A lot of our kids struggle with this idea of mastery. It requires reflection, evaluation, revision, transfer of … Continue reading In Pursuit of Mastery – #BLOG365 Day 47 #IMMOOC
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
When You’re Out Sick For a Week – #BLOG365 Day 43
When you're out sick for a week you... Veg on your couch watching 2 seasons of Veep in between naps. Wait for 2 hours at the doctor's office. Spend too much on tomato soup from Panera. Snuggle underneath your great-grandmother's afghan. Miss your son's debate at school, but get the play by play later. … Continue reading When You’re Out Sick For a Week – #BLOG365 Day 43
Out Sick -#BLOG365 Day 42
What’s Your Story? – #BLOG365 Day 41
https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story?language=en#t-153304 I am under the weather today, but I figured I would take this chance to share one of my favorite TED Talks. I think this talk has implications for us as educators and educational leaders as we think about our interactions with students and faculty. Our stories matter and each of us is … Continue reading What’s Your Story? – #BLOG365 Day 41
Museum Monday: Creepy Crawly Dolls – #BLOG365 Day 40
It's October, the month of spooky, so I figured I would share this creepy patent model. I am always fascinated by the objects in the Smithsonian collections and I love how the objects represent us so completely as Americans. The Smithsonian wrote about this Creeping Baby Patent Model in 2013 in a blog post, 11 … Continue reading Museum Monday: Creepy Crawly Dolls – #BLOG365 Day 40
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
Permission – #BLOG365 Day 38
On most Saturday mornings you will find me at hot yoga. I get up pretty early, enjoy my coffee in the silence of my home, stalk a Twitter chat maybe, and head to yoga. This morning the instructor was talking us through the beginning of our practice and she said something about giving ourselves permission … Continue reading Permission – #BLOG365 Day 38
Jill Cross 