“Great teachers have high expectations for their students, but higher expectations for themselves.” – Todd Whitaker

Archive for October, 2011

Pinterest = Another Great PLN Site

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” Helen Keller This summer I was introduced to Pinterest by a friend. For those of you that don’t know about Pinterest, it is a virtual pinboard website. Pinterest.com lets you organize and share all the ideas/things you find on the web by a [...]

To Give or Not to Give Homework That is the Question…or Is It?

“I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.” By Lily Tomlin For a long time I ignored the homework debate. I would hear parents complain how there wasn’t enough time after school for homework due to their kids schedules. I listened but secretly thought, ‘I did homework [...]

We All Want to Feel Special

“It is my belief that we all have the need to feel special. It is this need that can bring out the best in us, or the worst in us.” Janet Jackson I was recently awarded Bank of America Outstanding Teacher for STEM along with 42 other teachers in our district. It was an immense [...]

Twitter Has Changed My Teaching Life

“Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.” Henry Ford About six months ago I was introduced to Twitter by @technology_tim. I had been always under the impress that Twitter was for celebrities’ and their fans. Who really cared about what Justin Bieber was doing? But after talking with [...]

Girls and Science

“Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail”. Ralph Waldo Emerson This week I was able to go into a lot of classrooms and teach science. It was magnificent seeing so many students having fun with science. They saying things like, “Science is awesome,” [...]

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