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Cooperative Learning and iPads
The things that make me different are the things that make me.- A. A. Milne When it comes to tattling, I have the “blood, fire, vomit” rule. You know, don’t come tell me unless there is blood, fire or...
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Workflow and iPads
Don’t mistake activity for achievement.-John Wooden In a recent post, I wrote about moving beyond apps and concentrating your focus on content. What are your students learning, why are they learning it...
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Let’s Get Creative With Educreations
In the planning stage of a book, don’t plan the ending. It has to be earned by all that will go before it. -Rose Tremain With only 74 days of school remaining in this year, (wow, that totally seems...
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Hope Explains More
hom·o·phone : a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air. If you want a sure-fire way to make a class of kindergarten students...
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It’s a New Day…I’m Still Me
Every new day is a once in a lifetime event. How much more exciting would our lives be if we embraced this truth and lived accordingly?-Steve Maraboli Tuesday, February 19th was an ordinary day....
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Technology for Today and Tomorrow
If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow. -John Dewey My husband decided he needed an iPad for work. This decision seems fairly innocuous considering the prevalence of...
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Technology Infused Classrooms
The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow What does a technology-infused classroom look like? If it’s done correctly, the technology...
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Some Days are Like That
The greatest sign of success for a teacher is to be able to say, “The children are now working as if I did not exist.” -Maria Montessori For the record: Heloise does not have a helpful hint for the...
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Raising the Bar with iPads
If you’re the band leader you ask more of yourself than anyone else, so they tend to raise the bar for me.-Kristin Hersh If you look up the definition of the idiom “raising the bar” you will find it...
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Come See Us!
Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death-Albert Einstein In a recent post, I talked about raising the bar with iPads. One of the best ways to raise the bar in education is...
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Being an Agent of Change
Any growth requires a temporary loss of security.-Madeline Hunter I’m on spring break and the most productive thing I plan to do today, besides write this post, is to drink my coffee. Don’t judge…this...
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Spring Renewal and Renewed Purpose
Renewal requires opening yourself up to new ways of thinking and feeling- Deborah Day Spring Break is over and we are back to school today. I enjoyed my break, probably a little too much. We traveled...
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Directions At Their Fingertips
Read the directions and directly you will be directed in the right direction. -Lewis Carroll I know there are a million jokes about a certain gender *ahem* not wanting to stop and ask directions. I...
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My How You’ve Grown!
Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.-Benjamin Franklin Recently, I saw a former student from my kindergarten class 20 years ago....
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What is Your Super Power?
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.-Aristotle When was the last time you were an action figure Super Hero? I ask, because I am apparently one today. It is...
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Reaching Different Learning Styles With The iPad
We learn to do something by doing it.-John Holt I’ve been teaching myself Spanish. I’ve used a variety of methods, including Rosetta Stone. All have taught me some good basic Spanish; however,...
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We “Arrr” Taking Charge Of Our Own Learning, Mateys!
I am not a teacher, but an awakener.-Robert Frost Seriously, could the end of a school year be any busier? Lists and lists of things to get done in the remaining 15 days. As badly as I need to do...
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Time To Call An Expert
In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn-Phil Collins Under phylogenetic taxonomy, dinosaurs are usually defined as the group consisting of Triceratops, Neornithes [modern birds],...
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End of the Year Wrap Up
Waiting makes me restless. When I’m ready, I’m ready.-Reba McEntire “Mrs. Meeuwse, my brain and my butt feel all jiggly.”… And can’t we all relate to that? We have 7 days of school remaining and these...
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Daring To Ask “What If”
When the time came to leap in faith, whether you had your eyes open or closed or screamed all the way down or not, made no practical difference.- Lois McMaster Bujold What if? At times, it is a...
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