February 2011
28 posts
snow day!
is it wrong that I may get as excited as, if not more excited than, my students about a day off? I really need it to work on my curriculum unit initial plan. and laundry.
sigh. the life of a teacher/grad student/intern.
January 2011
37 posts
“I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with...”
– Roald Dahl (via prettybooks)
Edudemic » The Ultimate Guide To Using iPads In... →
well now, this is just brilliant. to save for later use.
WatchSir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution! | Video on TED.com
This man is brilliant.
WatchKen Robinson says schools kill creativity | Video on TED.com
I’ve just watched this video for one of this Thursday’s seminars. You should probably check it out. He has some amazing points, metaphors, analogies, and ideas about education. Unfortunately, his call to action is great but it leaves me wondering how exactly we should do what he thinks we should.
Then again, that’s...
“The creative person is both more primitive and more cultivated, more...”
– Frank Barron (via libraryland)
Brittany Sundgren
elementary educator →
my new teacher website/online portfolio.
How a classroom activity became one of the most... →
girlwithalessonplan:
Don Rawitsch rolled out a four-foot-long piece of white butcher paper on the living room floor of his Crystal apartment. He glanced at an open map of the United States frontier from the 1800s. Then he traced a squiggly line from the right side of the paper to the left.
By the time his roommates Bill Heinemann and Paul Dillenberger returned home, the line had become a...
Hyperbole and a Half: Wolves →
baha. you see, play really *is* important to children’s development.
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“Thank you to public school teachers. I know you don’t get paid like it, but...”
– —Ian Brennan, one of writers/producers of Glee, accepting the best comedy Golden Globe. (via girlwithalessonplan)
i may actually have teared up a little bit at this. maybe.
amazing.
one of the moms in our class is also a substitute. she subbed for us earlier this week, and she gave me what may be the best compliment i’ve gotten in a long time.
she asked her son if the classroom was different with me than when jess was the intern. he said a little, and she asked how. he said, “Well, Ms. S is goofy.”
then i guess he elaborated and said that we are both goofy...
