Continuous Forward Progress

I came across this image last night while poking around on Facebook…   The Success Indicator was a nice reminder of traits I would like to emulate to make a happier and more productive me. I realized that it has been over four months since the start of the year and I had not revisited [...]

Today, I witnessed something amazing. I saw a young man, an 8th grader, walking down the hall. He was wearing this colorful “Paint the Parkway Pink” t-shirt for Breast Cancer awareness. Impulsively, I asked him about it and we held an intelligent conversation about the walk this weekend. As I continued down the hall, I [...]

So… This is me… This is me until very recently. You see, in April, my doctor insisted I have a blood test before she would give me my blood pressure medicine. When I got to the appointment to get my prescription, she had the audacity to tell me I was diabetic.  I really shouldn’t have [...]

Yesterday was our Instructional Coaching Tech Day. I love them! There is always this pinpoint focus on how can we use technology, purposely, so that students learn. I never walk away from these sessions without my head being turned to mush. Sean Nash, our Academic Technology Instructional Specialist,  shared annotating tools to aid in reading [...]

I have to be honest… I am not always a dedicated Twitter tweeter. Don’t get me wrong, I ADORE Twitter and spend time every day… ok, most days… reading and replying to tweets. I also have the same issues many people have… I’m busy, I have a vast array of responsibilites and my time is [...]

The “Official” Opening Day for ISTE was Sunday.  For me, was all about making connections with others. I tend to be nervous the first time I’m in an unknown situation so I was a tad apprehensive about walking up to people I’ve never met and striking up a conversation. Yet, I knew meeting new people [...]

What a great way to start off my first ISTE Conference!  Here I was, at the Denver Zoo, with over 100 enthusiastic and talented presenters and attendees…. The Discovery Educator Network (DEN) packed quite a bit into our day.  My plan is to hit on the highlights and share my current thoughts on how these [...]

Scaffolding for Success in the Digital World Today, I had the opportunity to attend day one of a two day session given by Andrew Churches at MICDS.  Wonderful! Thought provoking… One thing I believe we need to remind ourselves is that most of us do good work.  But, by tweaking that work, we can create [...]

Last month I was on a mission. The students on our 8th grade team had sent out business letters to universities, museums, and geological surveys around the country asking about the rocks and minerals common to their areas. Many students had started receiving correspondence, including pictures and samples of rocks and minerals. We wanted and [...]

Visual Storytelling.. Everyone loves a good story. A great story captures your imagination. This week in our Breaking Barriers Cohort, we’ve been dabbling with using digital cameras, images and Macbooks to tell a visual story.  We found the idea by stubbling upon a Flickr Group that has members try to tell a story in 5 [...]