Summer has arrived and what does a teacher find herself doing? Thinking about next year! The common joke that "teachers have the summer off" if so very far from the truth. Teachers that are truly engaged in what they do, never really stop teaching. Ok- maybe I stopped thinking about teaching for the first few … Continue reading Summer of Reasoning
As the school year comes to an end, we teachers often find ourselves being somewhat reflective. Reflecting on student success. Reflecting on our teaching. Reflecting on what we wished we had time to do. We also often reflect on student progress and make determinations on future opportunities. Once again, I found myself discussing these possibilities … Continue reading I Lost What I Never Knew I Had
One of my favorite times of the year- The Week of The Roller Coasters! This has become close to a national holiday in my classroom. Students from previous years check in on the progress regularly. "Have they started their roller coasters yet?" "Can we see them when they are done?" "I'm sure you have never … Continue reading The Week of the Roller Coasters
I have been struggling all weekend trying to determine if this is a blog entry that I should write. While my intent and goal for my blog has been to share encouragement, include classroom ideas, and challenge you in your daily walk as a teacher, I struggled to determine if this was a topic that … Continue reading When the Worst Comes True
In a world that is ever changing, there are still many things that are consistent and never change. Potential is one of those things. In the science world, potential energy is known as "stored energy" and is often partnered with the term kinetic energy (energy of motion). These two forms of energy follow the Law … Continue reading Meeting Your Potential?
While participating in a recent 3D Printing Conference, I started to think about how much education has changed over the past 30 years. Gone are the days of cassette tape driven listening labs. Gone are floppy disks and dust covered chalkboards. Thinking even further back into my high school and college career, I reminisced the … Continue reading Move Over Photocopier…..
Walking down my hallway recently, I overheard a peer use the phrase "no need for extra-curricular talking" as she was teaching. Not having heard the context of the phrase, I was left to wonder what had led her to create that phrase. Extra-curricular talking. Extra-curricular is defined as activities pursued outside of the normal course … Continue reading Extra-curricular Talking
Many thanks to our guest blogger (Chris Boyle Ministries) for joining us for this blog devotional. Be sure to check out his blog for many other amazing devotionals. Stacy asked me to write an entry for her blog “Educating with a Purpose”. I decided to play off of her title with “Learning with a Purpose” … Continue reading Learning With A Purpose
Teaching is often defined as "the occupation, profession, or work of a teacher." As a teacher, I have often felt that this is not a definition that even comes close to explaining what I do each day in my classroom. The creator of that definition should come and spend a day with any teacher, and … Continue reading Teacher Defined
Lost fathers...Ugly stepsisters...Fairy godmothers...How often do we wish for a fairytale ending to overtake our lives and become our reality? We all have circumstances that create an "ugly stepsister" in our lives. Sometimes these "stepsisters" come in the form of a career that has taken a turn for the worst, a marriage that has fallen … Continue reading Living in a Glass Slipper World
Teaching Beyond the Norm 