Spring Break and Looking back on the Year!
This spring break has brought a much needed opportunity to relax and reenergize. I was fortunate enough to trade our wacky and unpredictable BC weather for the 90+ degree Arizona climate for a few days...
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Spontaneity
Don't you just love it when your planned lessons are enhanced by a little "spontaneous combustion" so to speak? As I have mentioned before, I am being challenged to keep up with technology in the...
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Happy April 1st, and yes, it is... SNOWING! No Fooling!So, on Friday this past week I experienced two very different and conflicting emotions. One was great frustration and had nothing to do with...
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Inspiration
Inspiration: stimulation or arousal of the mind, feelings, etc, to special or unusual activity or creativity. I love it! The word suggests such beautiful possibilities.I find myself continually...
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....describes my emotions right now. It is June and all around plans are being made. Plans to celebrate the learning and achievements of this past year, plans to relax and unwind for the summer and...
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A year of learning...
Ok, this is inspired by many Karen, Niki, Michelle, and others so I strive to do it justice.This has been one of the biggest years of learning in my life (behind becoming a wife and parenting my...
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Preparing for a new year....
As our first day (Sept. 4) quickly approaches I've been asked many times, "Are you ready for a new year?" and "What do you do to get ready?". The short answers are "No" and "Lots".No, I'm not ready...
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As I'm sitting here (6am, coffee in hand) anticipating returning to the classroom today to set up and get ready for the new year, I'm thinking "What is one thing I'm going to do better this year?"My...
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Connections Part 2
It is now October and Thanksgiving is behind me (that will be the next post), I am remembering my "word"CONNECTIONS! While I am happy to have made some organized thoughts regarding this in August when...
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Thankful
Yes, right, it is past Thanksgiving! At least the Canadian Thanksgiving holiday, but since I'm choosing to think of Thanksgiving as more of an attitude than a day, it does not matter a bit. Am I...
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.... even if you don't know where it will lead.I was at professional development last night as part of my district's digital learning series. Shelley Wright of Wright's Room was the guest speaker and...
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Is it meaningful?
This post is more about the questions I am mulling over in my mind right now, than it is about sharing my learning....A few nights ago I attended the third event in the "Engaging The Digital Learner:...
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Should there be screen time in the classroom?
This is a question that has been coming to my mind often this year and I keep pushing it to the back and continue on. It is not that I want to ignore it, I believe this is a valid question and one that...
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Using TodaysMeet
This week we tried a web site that I have used a few times before at workshops, but new to our class. It is TodaysMeet. We have been reading the novel Clementine by Sara Pennypacker, and I wanted to...
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Balance
It has been a long time between posts here. I've been struggling lately. I'm struggling with maintaining balance in my life and with the parts of my life that are the most important. This is...
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Embracing the chaos...
The thing about change is that it breeds more change. We recently began renovating our "new to us" home and what began as a kitchen reno led to moving a wall and rebuilding a staircase and... you know...
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Listening to my heart
Two of the best things about my job….1. Working with young learners 2. Being a lifelong learnerIt seems that I always have a large pile of professional readings that are reaffirming or challenging my...
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Continuing to Reflect and Refine
It has been a long while since my last post for sure and there are several reasons, or just one... LIFE!Things (professional readings, workshops, and my PLN) are continuing to push my thinking as an...
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