100 Day Project – Day 53 – 10:14 pm “Education, for most people, means trying to lead the child to resemble the typical adult of his society…but for me, education means making creators…you have to make inventors, innovators, not conformists.” Jean Piaget I’ve just purchased the newly published Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson (although [...]
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100 Day Project – Day 39 – the next day at 6:34….. “It is important to ask and answer this question: What do students need to know and be able to do “out there” as a result of their work in our classrooms.” Ruth Stiehls The Outcomes Primer Exactly! I ask myself this constantly. At [...]
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100 Day Project – Day 31 – 8:57 p.m. Today I read Llama Llama Red Pajama – not once – but twice! Did you? As part of JumpStart’s Read for the Record Program, I enjoyed reading the book to a group of early childhood pre-service teachers, and a group of women who donated books and [...]
100 Day Project – Day 21 – 8:04 p.m. Today at the community college where I teach the librarians hosted a Banned Book reading. The librarians had a few excerpts to read, and others brought readings as well. We heard segments from Harry Potter, Lolita, And Tango Makes Three and the entire Howl. I was [...]
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We’ve been here three days and I just haven’t found the time to post anything as yet. This may not be very long either as we’re going to go biking to the famous, or maybe infamous, Bonaventure Cemetary. It’s been a lovely stay so far. The weather has been a bit on the chilly side [...]
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Today I enjoyed an hour of sheer joy!  Along with several of my fellow Kiwanians and community volunteers, we read either one-on-one or in small groups to local children in our community’s early care and education centers. Our club takes part in a program called Reading is Fundamental. We fundraise and purchase quality picture books, [...]
It’s taken me a few days to get to the blog; but last weekend I enjoyed what has become a yearly reunion of some great women who once taught and worked together at a school called the Learning Community (no website, but if you Google it, you will find descriptions and location for today). It’s [...]
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