Mrs. Love's Blog-0-Rama!

Stolen time…

2011-12-20T16:54:57Z

As it turns out, I can only do ten things well, not eleven. Guess I don’t go to eleven. Oh well. Anyway – I haven’t been posting on this blog frequently for two simple reasons: first, haven’t wanted to use any of the time in my contractual day with personal...(read more)

Light-switch.

2011-10-06T19:39:04Z

My young charges do not believe me when I tell them that no brain truly multitasks, but we all “toggle.” Teaching 7th grade has also been, well – interesting. It dawned on me the other day that I am not teaching one year younger, but at least two: I sent...(read more)

Just a little story.

2011-10-06T10:36:46Z

My husband and I have a great “how we met” story. Maybe I’ll tell the whole story another time. One of the details of that story is that, during our first unofficial date, I noticed on his Chevy Blazer (cool) that he had an Apple logo sticker on the back...(read more)

déborder

2011-08-29T02:41:53Z

déborder : in French, this means “overwhelmed.” Summer, in terms of the agricultural traditions we have in the States, is over tomorrow for me. Tomorrow is our first in-service day: it promises to be a day of reviewing the Student Handbook to make sure...(read more)

What I did on my summer vacation.

2011-08-18T05:52:30Z

I know you all think I have been quite the teacher-blogger-slacker-loser since June. And you’d be correct. I have reverted back to a form, a self, pre-teacher days, and pretended like the summer actually did belong to me. I know the salary for a teacher...(read more)

Rites of passage.

2011-06-16T17:03:15Z

About a week or so ago, I was at a district meeting. One of the huge perks of these meetings is sometimes the group will get to go eat lunch like grownups. Nothing in styrofoam. No plastic cutlery. Real plates, filled water glasses, napkins, and hot food....(read more)

Guidelines.

2011-06-14T15:42:56Z

Been thinking a lot recently about social media. This was not a banner year for technology integration in my school, or in my classroom. There were more trips to the “Swap Room,” misplaced or borrowed chargers, and blatant disregard for Internet safety,...(read more)

Twenty points for Gryffindor!

2011-06-06T15:12:19Z

Totally Random Quote of the morning: “Mrs. Love, are you aware there’s a banana over there?”–D I tried an experiment with grading this year: not sure how it worked. The grades for this year are largely for completion, ,and some rubric-oriented structure....(read more)

WIHWT: Just peachy.

2011-05-27T20:52:16Z

http://www.roalddahl.com/ Today we had a special assembly and focus put together by the PE Department, “Wellness Day.” The various content area teachers provided our support by creating lessons around healthy nutrition, etc. Well, as important as all...(read more)

Relevance.

2011-05-26T16:27:36Z

You may all think I am evangelizing the mighty gospel of gaming, but that is not true. What I am promoting is relevance. My brother-in-law works for Blizzard games. He has been working 60-90 hour weeks for months on end. He is extremely talented and intelligent,...(read more)

Characters out of the bag.

2011-05-20T15:05:48Z

http://characterproject.usanetwork.com/#!/ Currently, I’m having fun in my spare time writing again. I say it’s “fun,” but am not sure that’s true. Is writing “fun?” In a story I’m working on now, the main character shares a lot of qualities with who...(read more)

WIHWT: A reflection

2011-05-02T16:45:35Z

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WIHWT: Drive by Daniel Pink

2011-04-29T16:40:01Z

Maybe reading this again may answer some of my burning questions, Drive by Daniel Pink. Here is an excerpt screenshot from my Kindle: addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fblog0rama.edublogs.org%2F2011%2F04%2F29%2Fwihwt-drive-by-daniel-pink%2F'; addthis_title =...(read more)

Poker face.

2011-04-28T17:36:08Z

My burning question for today (with a side of meltdown, frustration, and melted mascara) is: Are we raising a generation of liars? Covering a remedial math class this morning due to an emergency, the absent, ill teacher inadvertently forgot lesson plans...(read more)

WIHST: She Said…

2011-04-26T14:51:29Z

I want to be one of the back-up vocalists for this one: http://teamcoco.com/content/soul-singerrapper-plan-b-performs-his-song-she-said addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fblog0rama.edublogs.org%2F2011%2F04%2F26%2Fwihst-she-said%2F'; addthis_title = 'WIHST%3A+She+Said%26%238230%3B';...(read more)