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Let’s Chat About Project Based Learning
Everytime I think about the best learning experiences that have happened within the four walls of my classroom, or within a hands-on experience at the school, there is always something they have in...
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Google Drive Can Save You… and Your IPad Work
Yes, I’m still excited about going to Google Teacher Academy in just a few weeks. But while I wait for the learning ahead, I’m totally excited about working in a Google Apps for Education School....
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At The Edge of Passion
That place in your head. It’s that place where it always feels a little insane, a little impossible, a little overpowering, yet you are completely unable to ignore it. It’s like a little boat on the...
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There once was a teacher who always tried to find that balance between a house clean enough to live in and a classroom organized enough to learn in. She didn’t believe in teaching from the textbook....
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So You ARE Ready to Code After All
Confession: I used to think coding was boring. And confusing. And something I didn’t have time to learn about. I thought it was all about memorizing numbers, letters, characters. I remembered my...
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Going All In
It’s cool to talk about overcoming failure. It’s trendy to share about failing forward. It’s even the “in’ thing to proclaim that we are mistake makers. But, we hide our fears. That time we failed to...
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And I Keep Going
That’s me. Laying in a field. At NASA. I know, it’s a dramatic photo. Well, it was a dramatic moment. I had flown from Missouri to Florida to see the final launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour. But, it...
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Learning Unleashed
It’s easy to schedule a page to read about inventors. It’s easy to know what kids have read about inventors. It’s not easy to toss a pile of materials onto the table and predict what kids will design,...
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Right This Moment
I still remember the shine of the wax on the freshly refinished floor of my new classroom that year. I can still smell the new paint, and see the old surfaces recovered. I could look out my classroom...
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Blessings and Locksmiths
After the hub-bub of holiday week at school, I’m left with a pile of things to take care of to get our home ready for the holidays. The tree is far from perfect, the light up holiday hedgehog I put in...
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Better Than Good
My journey through education has been filled with contrast. Urban, rural, tiny private, and now? Independent. I can only say one word about independent schools. Home. I’m grateful for the 11 years of...
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I Want Kids To Know…
I want kids to know the nervousness of building a tall wobbly block tower and the despair when it topples. I want kids to know what it’s like to have paint on your hands and arms and be so into...
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Wins vs. Losses
I don’t know that this post has a thing to do with learning, but it has everything to do with life. In my head, those are not separate things, so I’ll share because all of this? I’m sharing this,...
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Five Apps I’m In Love With
Yes. Love is a strong word, but it’s almost Valentine’s Day. And these apps? I DO love them so much I kind of want to marry them. They are great. Why? Because they are not about consumption. They...
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Make Hope
Insert your content here If we don’t see the value in play, we’re missing the point of learning. If we don’t believe that a four year old’s experimentation with sand box sifters and water has value,...
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Six Google Tools I Can’t Live Without
It’s always fun to find out what other people use as their “go to” tech tools. That app you can’t live without? That website you have bookmarked? The best way to learn new tools is to ask other...
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Categorically Speaking
I’ve freshened up the blog a little. I needed to clean things up. I mean, after several years, revolving passions, interests, and stuff. And my general category of “learning” had over 750 blog posts....
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Wired for Struggle
Irony. Struggling to find the words to explain how much I love this quote. And reading it just reminded me of this wildflower photo I took last year on a random summer afternoon. This flower? It was...
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Understanding the Magic
My shirt has a label that tells me how to wash it. My lunch had a label that tells me how many calories it contains. But when it comes to children, what do their labels tell us? When my daughter was...
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