I’m tired. I’m tired of battling. I’m tired of defending my profession. I’m tired of the arguments and heated discussions about how education should be fixed. I’m tired of feeling like Sisyphus, rolling my boulder up the hill, only to watch it roll back down behind me again. I’m tired of pretending. I’m tired of…
Philly Teacher was down on January 18, 2012 in protest against SOPA. Let’s protect the web as an avenue of free speech. To learn more about this, watch the TED Talk by Clay Shirky below.
Tonight I was lucky enough to attend a community screening of the new documentary, American Teacher, with my friends Ann, Meeno, and Brian at the School of the Future here in Philadelphia. While I don’t have the energy right now (it’s now two nights this week that I’ve haven’t made it home until 8pm!) to…
Many people argue that all of the stress on high stakes testing has taken the fun out of learning. Not anymore! So what if fun can’t be tested…we can still make sure our kids are having fun with this handy Fun Rubric. Through this simple assessment, you can be guaranteed to know whether your students…
This year I have had the exciting adventure of teaching my Technology class in our K-2 classrooms using a netbook cart. I have been teaching in a lab for over 3 years, but I had never taught using laptops and I had never taught using a cart before or teaching in a classroom rather than…
As many of you may know, tomorrow is the National Day on Writing. I feel compelled to write this post mostly because I have been writing consistently for almost 20 years and it is part of who I am. Tucked away in my hallway closet upstairs, wrapped in a plastic bag, are the scribblings, musings,…
A big and belated ‘Thank You’ to Currix for helping me out with raising money for my robotics club! You can now not only help out my project, but you can also get a slick guide to starting your own club! You can purchase the guide by clicking here. It costs $25 and includes steps…
I am aiming to offer an after school robotics club for girls at my school this year. While the program itself is being offered by the school, the robotics supplies are not. As such, I am hoping to raise about $1000 to put toward 2 base kits and a Green City Challenge Set. The base…
My recent post on whether or not we should be teaching keyboarding skills invoked a lively conversation. As a follow up, here is a survey to gather some data on who is teaching it and who is not and why or why not. The results will be published in an upcoming Technology Review article by…
This post is way overdue, but it’s been on my mind for a while. I wrote a post for my mother a month or so ago and it’s only fair that I express my gratitude for my father as well. I have been blessed with two wonderful parents, and each have played a large role…