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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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At the end of this week, my summer break if half over. Hard to believe, I know, but I am starting to get myself back into school mode and make some plans. One of the first things, actually THE first thing I like to have for my new students is some sort Read More...
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I was scanning videos on Youtube and ran across the one below. Watch now and come back, or read on and watch when you’re done – it doesn’t really matter. Made in 2007, the creator says it was meant to “inspire teachers to use technology in engaging ways Read More...
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Imagine the face you would make if your best friend called and told you that she had just dropped a 50 lb weight on her big toe. Freeze. That is the face people make when I tell them I teach middle school. The conversation usually goes something like Read More...
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photo by Ed Yourdon My children (1 and 5 years old) are often the most thought-provoking people I know. On the way to get ice cream last night I asked my 5-year-old son whether he wanted chocolate or vanilla. His reply? “It’s hard to decide. Let’s do Read More...
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Before school started last year my department did a big push for having teachers organize their space thoughtfully, focusing on ideas from Spaces & Places: Designing Classrooms for Literacy by Debbie Diller . We all got a copy of the book, and a week Read More...
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