I am exploring new ways to share updated information and news with my collegues. Here is my current method. It is a List.ly list that I am hoping to curate weekly. All of these links came from my own reading from my Feedly page, Twitter, and shared articles. I save these posts using Pocket, and…
Here is a presentation I made to help me introduce the concept of Magic Realism at Young Writers Camp. Feel free to use it, and all images and links should either go directly to the source, or have enough information to identify the source. Please also give appropriate credit to sources if you use this–it’s…
More specifically, 100 Good Things. I discovered a new magazine recently. I was drawn in by the cover (see photo to the left). True, the word GOOD screams out at you. This may have been the first thing I saw. Additionally, the cover is made from a matte-artsy-mod-hipster material and I wanted to pick it…
Yesterday I tried to start an art study on Chinese Calligraphy. As the turkey-butts would say, it was an epic fail. Middle school turkey butts are so very very literal, that they just weren’t getting the… the… zen of the whole thing (maybe because “zen” is Japanese in origin?). I knew that if I set…
A very smart, very talented lady gave me this idea this Summer (Thank You to Mrs. R!) as a way to develop vocabulary skills. She is a word-lover from way back, and was able to cultivate this same passion in her kiddos by using something as simple as vocabulary cards. “Vocabulary cards?!?” you say? Yes,…
I discovered this link today while on a teacher networking site called Edmodo (more on that later). I’m still playing around with it, but will absolutely be using it this week. I’m going to use it in art class though, and sneak the writing in. Bwahahahaha. From what I can tell so far, the site…
As I have told you in person, I leave notes for myself on my phone–often while driving. It is illegal, I suppose, since I use the keyboard and type them, but I typically save it for stoplights, and don’t worry about spelling or anything. Nearly always they are ideas for school or quite close to…
I must admit that much of what I do is not based on research. Well, it might be. I don’t know. I wasn’t good at paying attention to specifics. I’m more of a whole-picture kind of super hero. I don’t take credit for my thoughts or ideas since I’m never quite sure if they are…
Do not fear! This is the good kind of wreckage! I promised you, way back in the olden days of yore, that I would share more from the Wreck this Journal. Here they is.
This caped teacher uses post-it notes like crazy (and prefers the Super-Sticky ones). They are… super sticky. On Fridays, I give quizzes using said Post-it notes. They are always on Post-its, always five questions long, and I always give one point for trying and one point for being correct. Why? Because my turtle-doves are horrified…
Wear The Cape 