We shall not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. ~ T.S. Eliot “Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.” – Will Durant “Here’s to […]
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Firsts…
August 27th, 2012 · Comments Off on Firsts… · Children, College students, Education, family, Grandparents, Musings, Quote of the Week, Teaching & Learning, Work
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100 Day Project – Day 66 – Echo Smartpen
November 30th, 2011 · Comments Off on 100 Day Project – Day 66 – Echo Smartpen · 100 Days Project, Musings, Teaching & Learning, Work
1-Subject Notebook 1 p. 1 100 Day Project – Day 66 – 8:52 p.m. If anyone cares to try to open this document and figure out if it works; you’re welcome to it! I have an Echo Smartpen as part of a grant at my community college. With just a half-hour under my belt, I […]
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100 Day Project – Day 65 – Persistance
November 28th, 2011 · Comments Off on 100 Day Project – Day 65 – Persistance · 100 Days Project, Musings, Teaching & Learning, Work
100 Day Project – Day 65 – 8:44 a.m. Well, I must admit life has been very full — usually is – and I’m considering not continuing this Project — could I call it the 65 day project? I’ve skipped quite a few days; and see by my trusty old paper calendar that I should […]
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100 Day Project – Day 63 – Deep
November 22nd, 2011 · Comments Off on 100 Day Project – Day 63 – Deep · 100 Days Project, College students, Musings, Teaching & Learning, Work
I was told today by a student, with others agreeing, that I was a very deep person. Last class meeting, the students participated in a Literacy Month event at our college. The local Head Start bused 30 preschool children to our college’s library where we had the joy of reading one-on-one with the children, joining […]
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100 Day Project – Day 62 – Syllabi
November 21st, 2011 · Comments Off on 100 Day Project – Day 62 – Syllabi · 100 Days Project, College students, Education, My Goals, Teaching & Learning, Work
100 Day Project – Day 62 – 11:30 am One of the workshops I went to at the NEFDC Conference recently was a workshop on creating syllabi of interest. While there are several sections I must put in, I have a good deal of leeway about the rest. Although I learned that at some institutions, […]