I grew up in Florida. People will often joke that Florida doesn’t have seasons. Of course Florida has seasons; they just aren’t traditional: hurricane season, tourist season, strawberry season, and citrus season are just a few. Growing up in Florida, I always wondered what the big deal is about spring. When I moved to Georgia… Continue reading Spring is love #edBlogaDay
Sketchnotes experiment: Day 1 #edBlogaDay
If you have been following the blog the past month, you know that I have been brainstorming a way to bring sketchnotes/doodling/art journaling to my chemistry classroom. This is a concept I would really like to incorporate next year, so I am piloting it with one of my classes for our last unit of the… Continue reading Sketchnotes experiment: Day 1 #edBlogaDay
Celebrating #AprilBlogADay Success! Looking forward to #edBlogaDay
When I stumbled on the #AprilBlogADay challenge 30 days ago, I thought it sounded like an awesome idea. I knew I needed motivation to become more consistently. I decided to sign up and hope I could keep with it. The first few days were the first couple of days were in the run up to… Continue reading Celebrating #AprilBlogADay Success! Looking forward to #edBlogaDay
We need more doors #AprilBlogADay
This is a follow up to yesterday’s post: Doors. Look down the school hallway, and you’ll see door after door. But are the doors where we need them? Are the doors performing the correct function? Last week, we were discussing a possible move to the third floor next year. As we looked at the map… Continue reading We need more doors #AprilBlogADay
Doors #AprilBlogADay
Doors Keep us safe inside, Locked in our cocoons. Closed. Shut. Isolated. Doors Join us to the world around us, Expanding our horizons. Open. Accessible. Connected. Doors Is it time to open our classroom doors to the world around us? I’ve been thinking a lot about this the past couple of days. In tomorrow’s post,… Continue reading Doors #AprilBlogADay
Want to see change in your classroom? Step back and let go! #AprilBlogADay
It is interesting that today’s topic is about building a more powerful classroom by letting go as I was just having this conversation with my teammate at lunch today. We are finishing our first year as a fully PBL school. However, I teach in a program that has been PBL since the school opened five… Continue reading Want to see change in your classroom? Step back and let go! #AprilBlogADay
19 Days and counting: Summer is almost here! #AprilBlogADay
19 Days! Nineteen days of school (not including weekends) s all that is left with my students this year. Nineteen days! Where did the year go? As the year winds down, students tend to get a bit restless. Can you blame them? They have worked hard all year, and what is the reward? Day after… Continue reading 19 Days and counting: Summer is almost here! #AprilBlogADay