Browse by Tags
All Tags »
personal »
blogging
There come times in life when we need to find something to do. There come times in life when we need a break. There come times in life when we need to cut back some things so we can find that perfect place. This is one of those times for me. With the
Read More...
Have you signed up to join the Blog Revolution Project ? Matthew tagged me . Blame it all on him! With round 3 of TAKS testing coming up next week, we all could use a little break. The rules: The rules of the game get posted at the beginning. Each player
Read More...
I have found that People really don’t like As I prepare my bands for the UIL Concert & Sight Reading contest that is now less than a month away, I have noticed that they seem to have a big problem with rests. For the uninitiated, rests in music
Read More...
My life has changed quite a bit since December 1st. Today, I want to look back on some of the things that have happened in the life of this blog, as well as some things that have happened in the life of Joel. Blogging changes The number of readers continues
Read More...
I will begin setting up and writing in a Music Education blog soon. The idea was to include Music Education content on this blog, but I think that might alienate a handful of the readers and that is the last thing I want to do. So when it gets up and
Read More...
Even if you ignore the majority of this article, check out the last sentence. I am absolutely loving school since coming back from Christmas Break. Even so, I am beginning to get burned out . If you want to know why, go read this . He’s still not
Read More...
I have found this year that I have been making a lot of progress on my own personal teaching style. It’s my 6th year to teach, and I begin what could be seen as the downhill slope of teaching. Now that I am pretty adequate at getting children to
Read More...
Welcome to the January 2, 2008 edition of The Carnival of Education . I have been asked to host this party, so fasten your seat belts, tighten your shoelaces, batten down the hatches, and let the good times roll. How’s that for a cliché riddled
Read More...
On Sunday, we looked back at some of The Loneliest Articles of 2007 , today, we’ll go to the other extreme and look at the busiest articles of 2007. These are the articles that generated the most comments. I’ve gone through the articles and
Read More...
In the Christmas break, I am looking back at this blog’s growth and development. I began writing a little bit for the blog in February, but didn’t officially launch it for real until June. Since that time, growth has been pretty consistent.
Read More...
Educators are not the most technically proficient people in the world. How many times did I have a teacher when I was in school who couldn’t operate a VCR? I happen to be an ultra nerd (I was co-president of the computer club and went to the Texas
Read More...
This past Tuesday, I took a day off of school. This is not normal for me, and I even had to fight my urge to go up to school and make sure things were running smoothly. I even drove up to the school and chose not to get out of the car. Why? Because I
Read More...
The penultimate Thursday of every November is Thanksgiving Day in the United States. In celebration of this, and in appreciation of all of my readers, I am aiming to set aside every day of November to spotlight one of my readers and say Thank You for
Read More...