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 […]
Entries from September 15th, 2011
100 Days Project – Day 11 – Passion
September 15th, 2011 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, Children, Musings, Quote of the Week, Teaching & Learning, Work
100 Days Project – Day 10 – Individual Student
September 14th, 2011 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, Musings, photo of the week, Quote of the Week, Teaching & Learning
?? 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 – Prioritize
September 13th, 2011 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, Musings, Teaching & Learning, Work
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 – Monday mornings!
September 12th, 2011 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, Musings, Teaching & Learning, Work
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 Days Project – Day 4 – Community!
September 9th, 2011 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, family, Musings, Teaching & Learning
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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