Category: K-12
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Aaaaargggg!!
(The Heat Escapes the Dryer at Laundromat, circa 2020) Arrrgggg!! Sometimes I feel like I am living in the purgatory of Group Projects!! Yes, I love group projects when everyone does their part. However, it is one of the most frustrating things when some people in your group are not doing their part. In college, I would often […]
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Yes, And…Virtual Clubs!
(Peanut Butter Jelly Time from The Gilfords’ Kitchen circa 2020) Have you found yourself singing to your students when you are teaching? I have. In those moments of pause as I transition thoughts or pages to a new assignment, I have found that I am singing. Improv is the key word for me as I teach […]
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Launch
(Down the Road from Our Apartment circa 2020) Can’t get through, but I can go around. It is hard to believe that school has been in virtual session for a month now. I am new to teaching virtual school. It is 100% online. It has been quite a beginning to the school year. All onboarding […]
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Fe Fi Fo Fum
Fe Fi Fo Fum…the seeds have been flung and the stalk grows. I climb it and my foot gets stuck, I slide, stick back on, and slink back up. I face my ogre-self at the top. It is the one in my mind. The ogre-self that wants to cannibalize the cheerful self. It is the […]
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Silverlining Sceneius
It occurred to me this morning, that I know some really smart people. One of them is Vicki Davis, she is an amazing teacher. She is one of the smartest teacher I know and has been inspiring teachers consistently and compassionately for over 15 years. When I was a new teacher, I would read her blog. […]
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Through the Looking Glass
While sparcing down my classroom kitsch, I found one of my favorite books. It is an old copy of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures and Wonderland The book is copyrighted from 1946. It is rubber-stamped with the word “Discard” punched diagonally across the publisher’s name on the cover page. It was one of the books that […]
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Geographies of Teaching
(Floating Keys) I totally have that song Breakout in my head by Swing Out Sister. I’ve been singing it around the house. In the Gilford House, my wonderful husband is working on a virtual conference for the C-Suite of Silicon Valley Women Leaders. I am so proud of him. When he was talking about virtual […]
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Are PK-12 Teachers Blue-Collar?
(pic while doing laundry at our local laundromat) Are PK-12 teachers blue-collar? Duh-fa? I was talking with a friend a couple of years ago frustrated about not having a voice in education. I told her that I am all but dissertation and am still paying student loans for my graduate school and still don’t have […]
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Take Aways from HGSE’s Education Now: What “Reopening” Means for Early Education
One of the awesome sliverlinings of this moment is that teachers have greater access to professional development opportunities for free!! I just attend a Zoom webinar including Maria Gonzalez Moeller and Samantha Aigner-Treworgy hosted by Nonie Lesaux and audience participation nd welcoming by Karen. It really does make a difference when you are welcomed to […]
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Where’s the Red Cross?
Where’s the Red Cross? Lately, I have been reading up on the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic and the Red Cross played a central role in recovery. Many people volunteered in their communities. I looked on the website and they are collecting plasma donations of Covid-19 survivors which is really awesome! I haven’t seen too much […]