Continuous Forward Progress

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 [...]

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 [...]

So, how did your year measure up? Mine? I have to say this year was probably the best teaching experience I have had this decade. One of my biggest (and scariest) changes was to completely rethink how I arrived at measuring student progress. In the years past, my grading system went like this.  I gave [...]

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 [...]