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 […]
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100 Days Project — Day 9 – Prioritize
September 13th, 2011 · Comments Off on 100 Days Project — Day 9 – Prioritize · 100 Days Project, Musings, Teaching & Learning, Work
100 Days Project – Day 8 – Monday mornings!
September 12th, 2011 · Comments Off on 100 Days Project – Day 8 – Monday mornings! · 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 · Comments Off on 100 Days Project – Day 4 – Community! · 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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100 Days Project – Day 3 – Time.
September 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on 100 Days Project – Day 3 – Time. · 100 Days Project, Musings, Teaching & Learning, Work
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 1 — Bring on the joy!
September 6th, 2011 · Comments Off on 100 Days Project — Day 1 — Bring on the joy! · 100 Days Project, Children, Musings, Work
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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