Aug
28
2011
28
2011
Edutopia post: Open Letter to a New Principal
For those of you who don't read my Edutopia blog, I just wanted to put this particular post on your radar. As a teacher in a school that has seen tremendous administrative turnover in the last few years, I thought ...
Aug
21
2011
21
2011
Changing The Teacher Reputation
I was at a wedding two weeks ago where someone asked me what I did for a living. “I’m a teacher,” I replied.
“Ohhhhh, teeeeeching,” he said knowingly. “Must be nice to have so much time off. Out ...
Aug
19
2011
19
2011
Start of the Year Nuts and Bolts: Checklist for the First Day
Introduction Handout with expectations and grading procedures. Check.
Publishing Release Form. Check.
PG-13 Video/Clip Release Form to cover me for the whole school year. Check.
Set up YouTube Channel even though I have no idea how to use it yet. ...
Aug
05
2011
05
2011
Frontloading for the school year: Setting up my classroom website
One of the things that many people don’t know about me is that, while I wear the costume of a tech savvy teacher, I’m really tech tentative at heart. In other words, I so recently became a convert to using ...



