A Day Learning = A Good Day!

I was very fortunate this week ... I got to participate in four full days of LEARNING!Even though I played the role of facilitator and presenter on those days, I not only got to see learning happen for almost everyone there but I also learned many things myself!For me, any day that I learn something is counted as a good day!On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, we participated in CampInspire, where teachers learned, explored, and created using Promethean...

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Learning in a Shed?

When you hear the word shed, what do you think of?I admit, when I hear shed, I don't generally think of interesting things ....But all that changed when I found The Literacy Shed!I think the description of The Adventure Shed says it all:Welcome to a little shed that opens up when you get inside! So The Literacy Shed is really more than just one shed .... and each shed has its own unique personality, look, and inspiration!Here are a few of the...

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Do You Need to Ask More Questions or Better Ones?

Questions, Questions, Questions ....Do you ask basic questions that require little thinking?Do you want to ask questions that require higher order thinking skills?I know that those types of question are not necessarily the first one that pop to my mind .... especially when I am trying to make moment count during transitions, time spent standing in line, and those extra minutes that suddenly appear!To help combat not being able to think of the questions...

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Starting the Day with a Wonder

Let me tell you a little about how I like to find fun things for students to do in class to start the day off right.  I think that the old saying is that Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and that students need it to start the day off in a good way.  Well I think that we also need to start their classroom day off right as well.  Something that feeds their minds when they get to school just as much as breakfast does before school.About a year and a half ago, give or take a month, I was introduced to Wonderopolis by a...

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The Power Of Connectedness

I spent the better part of 4 days taking part in various parts of the #ISTE12 experience. (Basically, if you don't know, ISTE is the international conference for technology educators. This year it was in sunny San Diego.) I had the chance to meet with educators and friends from all over the world. I sat in on sessions and had conversations in the Bloggers Cafe and in the hallways and the one theme that kept coming up over and over is connectedness.As...

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