Last week I wrote about our school reunions and what they meant to me. In that blog I shared about my troubles with mathematics. I was so poor at mathematics in high school and my early college experiences that I would get sick to my stomach prior to mathematics tests or quizzes. I avoided math … Read more
I became aware of the EdCamp movement over a year ago through one of my Twitter contacts, Christina Luce. Since that time I’ve done a lot of reading about the EdCamp movement and I’ve been very impressed by what I have read. Recently I attended and participated in the EdCampCNY. I found it refreshing to … Read more
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the high stakes testing environment that most schools across the country and especially those in New York State have had to endure. I’ve been thinking too about the new teacher evaluations which use results of those tests to evaluate teachers. I’ve also been thinking a lot about my … Read more
Tomorrow I will be attending a conference on learning. The name of the conference is the “IT Conference.” It means the, “Innovative Teaching Conference.” I’m sure there will be lots of innovators there. I’m going there to listen and learn. That will be my focus to keep an open mind. Learning requires an open mind. … Read more
This post is a response to a wonderful educator from Saskatchewan who has written a very thoughtful piece on his blog expressing his frustration with his or his district’s battle to wean students from Youtube and Facebook. Let me preface what I’m going to say by letting you know that I teach middle school students … Read more
This afternoon I enrolled at Excelsior College’s Master of Business Administration. In the past nearly two years of blogging I’ve written about a number of different topics. Blogging has been cathartic and catharsis often gives birth to new ideas and new directions. I have ten years to complete the program. I don’t know how long … Read more
In reading one of the blogs that I regularly read I came across this video which is well made, timely and poignant. I work in an educational establishment. I have a Master of Arts in Educational Psychology. I’m always watching other teachers teach and I love to watch students learn. I love to teach myself, … Read more
