June 2009 - Posts
A friend from college recently posted the following on her Facebook status: How do teachers not spend so much money over the summer??? I threw a quick response in my typical list-type style, but then I realized these things might benefit some of my readers
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I recently got an email from a reader who found my blog and is looking at moving into the teaching field. This individual has been in the business world for over two decades and has recently been laid off. Last month I was laid off from my position with
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This is a guest post by Tom Anselm. His book, You’re Never Too Old For Space Camp is available in Ebook or Paperback formats from Booklocker.com . “My kids go to a good school” What parent doesn’t want to be able to say this about the bricks and mortar
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In rereading the last about teacher burnout , I was struck by a handful of things that my reader mentioned in the email. I thought it was powerful enough that it was worth digging into deeper, and yet I didn’t want to dilute the conversation that might
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About a month ago, I received this email in my Inbox: After 17 years of teaching, I was diagnosed with ‘burnout’ and needed to take some time off. I fought it, but when the lab results showed body systems shutting down, I complied… for awhile. Part-time
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I recently came across a video on TwiTip about Monica Rankin, a professor at the University of Texas at Dallas, who was using Twitter in one of her classes this semester. The video is below. I emailed Dr. Rankin to see if I could get some thoughts on
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Andy Zweibel (whom I’ve been following on Twitter for a while now — @Zweibz7 ) just started up a blog specifically focusing on topics concerning Music Education students. The blog is MusicEdMajor.net . Andy is currently seeking contributors for the site,
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Teachers who are interested in implementing technology in the classroom and in their own personal lives can find plenty of free resources online. Here are 20 websites worth visiting today: Schmoop – Schmoop is a great new site that is becoming very popular
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Are you looking for a new job this summer? I know some people are sticking it out in their current district just because of the insecurity with the recession and current economic situation. I also know that some people have graduated from college and
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Many of my readers have left comments or sent emails asking me if I have more information about transitioning from teaching to another field. Unfortunately the answer for them is simply that I don’t. But I think I can finally refer you somewhere that
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I have gotten questions from time to time about what plugins I use on my blog. I’ve posted some plugin lists in the past, but sometimes plugins are no longer supported by their author or else the functionality is duplicated in later WordPress versions.
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We are halfway through the Total Teacher Transformation series. I’ve been pretty much forced to take a break from it because of the busyness of the end of the school year. It will resume next week. This week, I plan to do a wrapup of the 08-09 school
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