100 Days Project – Day 11 – 8:31 p.m. “Ten. At the end of the day, good teaching is about having fun, experiencing pleasure and intrinsic rewards … like locking eyes with a student in the back row and seeing the synapses and neurons connecting, thoughts being formed, the person becoming better, and a smile [...]
?? Some days I’d like to be a teacher of long ago (okay, I’d like to believe it’s long ago, but in fact I know there are still teachers who teach this way) who gave the same lesson to all the students each day. I am always surprised each September (why is it I forget?) [...]
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100 Days Project – Day 9 – 8:23 p.m. The long days of teaching are certainly that, aren’t they? Long days. I just took a quick look around the web for work/life balance information for teachers. Quite a lot is out there, even some interesting self-assessments with accompanying suggestions for readings or how to seek [...]
100 Days Project – Day 8 – 9:31 a.m. Last Friday it dawned on me that 100 days project in school meant 100 days in school! I had to debate with myself whether I was going to plan to write everyday or give myself permission not to make an entry on non-school days. So as [...]
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100 Day Project – Day 4 – 9:36 a.m. Yesterday’s teaching load was one that probably most wouldn’t choose! I begin the day at 8 sitting in on half of a learning community that a colleague and I set up. At 9:30, the class is mine to lead, in what is generally called Freshman Study [...]
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100 Days Project – Day 3 – 5:55 a.m. When I was thinking about doing this project, I had grandiose ideas of reading important authors writing important thoughts about teaching and learning and reflecting on that material. I have read quite a bit of it, and have more stacked up. And, I still intend to [...]
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100 Days Project – Day 2 – 9:15 a.m. I hesitated for several weeks while I thought about whether I should pursue this project; time, busy live, family, time, homework to read, time – well you get the idea. Already this morning, although I’m working at home for a couple of hours, I’ve had to [...]
100 Days Project — Day 1 — 5:45 a.m. Well, I have to laugh this morning as I begin to write the first entry. I got up very early on this first day of school to do some online research and writing only to discover that my Internet is down. So the piece I was [...]
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