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what we can learn from Camden Yards

13 July 08 06:48 AM | jtspencer | 0 Comments   

When I was a kid, I went through a phase of designing baseball stadiums. It was at the time that they built the new Comiskey Park and I felt like it was an injustice to the old. When other kids had idealistic dreams of playing first base for the Giants, Read More...

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I am not a Robot

13 August 07 06:22 AM | jtspencer | 6 Comments   

For the last two hours, I have been converting my format for lesson plans (which include the standard, the essential question, the objectives, a few inclusion pieces and a very structured outline) into the school-mandated, heavy-handed SIOP format. I'm Read More...

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