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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100 Day Project – Day 21 – Librarians
September 28th, 2011 · Comments Off on 100 Day Project – Day 21 – Librarians · 100 Days Project, librarians, Quote of the Week, Teaching & Learning, Work
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100 Day Project – Day 20 – Pride
September 27th, 2011 · Comments Off on 100 Day Project – Day 20 – Pride · 100 Days Project, Children, College students, Teaching & Learning
100 Day Project – Day 20 – 7:41 p.m. Today, my grasp of the craft of teaching was there for me in one of my classes. In a course – a 100 level class – with a focus on learning to bring creative experiences to the young child – I changed my plans completely 20 […]
100 Day Project – Day 19 – Excuses and Reasons
September 26th, 2011 · 5 Comments · 100 Days Project, Children, Musings, photo of the week, Teaching & Learning, Work
Day 100 Project – Day 19 – 7:53 p.m. The excuses, oh sorry, reasons, have begun. Why my reading response is late, and when I’ll get it in to you — okay? I’ve learned at community college that many excuses are reasons; and incredibly legitimate reasons. Just today a young woman called to tell me […]
100 Day Project – Day 17 – Power
September 22nd, 2011 · Comments Off on 100 Day Project – Day 17 – Power · 100 Days Project, Musings, Quote of the Week, Teaching & Learning, Work
100 Day Project – Day 17 – 9:47 p.m. If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe A student that I had last semester came up to […]
100 Day Project – Day 15 – Balance or Roller Coaster
September 20th, 2011 · 1 Comment · 100 Days Project, Musings, Teaching & Learning, Work
100 Day Project – Day 15 – 9:17 p.m. Today was a teaching high! Last fall in a 100 level course for pre-service early care and education students, I introduced the concept of deciding what you will read when. Well, it’s not really choosing what you will read of any material – but what you […]
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