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My blog 30 Jan 2009 | 09:17 am
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Film Festival Announcement 10 Jan 2009 | 07:16 am
As a classroom teacher, I always enjoyed creating video projects with my students. We did audio and video podcasting and other films when they lent themselves to the curriculum. Last year I was help...
Lincoln On Leadership — Part 2 18 Dec 2008 | 04:16 pm
As I continue working through my PGP and reading Lincoln on Leadership, I continue to reflect on ways that I can use some of his techniques in my work. Part 2 – Character In my first post I wrote ab...
Kindergarten screening 13 Dec 2008 | 06:02 am
On Tuesday afternoon I took my kids to the Early Childhood Education Center for my district so they could have play based screening. We’ve done this before and it’s a great way to get a snapshot of t...
NCTE Articles 10 Dec 2008 | 04:50 am
Earlier this year I was contacted by an NCTE staff member asking for my help to frame a story about 21st Century Literacies for the Council Chronicle. I gave some suggested contacts and kind of forgo...
Lincoln On Leadership — Part 1: People 5 Dec 2008 | 05:05 pm
I recently wrote an entry regarding my Professional Growth Plan for this school year. The second book that I’m reading is entitled Lincoln on Leadership: Executive Strategies for Tough Times by Donald...
NOT Embedding Objects into Google Maps 3 Dec 2008 | 04:46 pm
Back in September when I went to Chicago for the Google Teachers Academy I found out about a project that another Google Certified Teacher was doing entitled “Greetings From…” Postcard Geography. It’s...
NCTE 21st Century Literacies Framework 26 Nov 2008 | 08:39 am
On February 15, 2008, the National Council of Teachers of English Executive Committee adopted document entitled NCTE Definition of 21st Century Literacies. The purpose of this document was to create a...
Diamond Quality Leadership 25 Nov 2008 | 03:39 am
Every year in many school districts around the country teachers are asked to create a goals for themselves. They vary in titles, sequence, and scope but when all is said and done, goals are made for t...
Changes a comin’ 24 Nov 2008 | 12:46 pm
I’ve spent the last five days at the NCTE Annual Convention and have been running around like a crazy person the entire time. Every time I go to this conference I am always inspired to do some writing...
