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July 2011 - Posts
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Follow @CoughlinLaura I start every day with the best intentions, but hardly a day goes by that I don’t misplace or forget something – it’s just part of my personality – I’m scatterbrained. It’s something I accept about myself. Keys - Lost and Found by Read More...
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Follow @CoughlinLaura I started my Twitter account on June 10,2011 during a fantastic week of PD arranged by my school district. The presenter, Dean Shareski, said, “Teachers have not just an opportunity, but a responsibility to share what they’re doing,” Read More...
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Educators have been talking a lot lately about teaching kids how to think, not just giving them information, which is wonderful. Today I lived an example of just WHY we need to be focusing on bringing up a generation of problem-solvers (especially in Read More...
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Follow @CoughlinLaura My grandmother, who was born in 1924 and will turn 87 in 2 days, read my last post and sent me a fantastic response! That’s right, my 86-year-old grandma who reads blogs and uses email to contact me began her response with the extremely Read More...
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Follow @CoughlinLaura I’m not talking about mine – although I know I’ll have them – I’m talking about the students’. I teach in a 7 th and 8 th grade building, which means that 50% of the students are navigating the building for the first time on the Read More...
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Follow @CoughlinLaura Wouldn’t we all like to walk into our classrooms on the first day of school and know that each angelic face staring back at us is a genius, just waiting to exercise his or her mental muscles and create amazing, thoughtful work? I Read More...
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Over the last few weeks I have been investigating Master’s degree programs because I decided it’s time to get started. After quite a bit of researching I found a program I am really excited about – a Master’s in Technology in Schools. So now begins the Read More...
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