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Autumn Snow posted Importance of Field Trips | 2 days ago
I was watching a show on Hawaii with my parents tonight on the Smithsonian Channel (they get waaayy cooler channels than I do), and watching a surfer catch a wave, thinking, “That’s physics in action.” The way the surfer has to understand the physical motion of the wave, calculating for speed...
ErikaGudrun posted Surely You Understand... | 2 days ago
I had stopped by T’s office unexpectedly, most likely to get a signature on graduate school paperwork or some other tedious hoop-jumping event. Before leaving, T told me about a recent department head’s retreat he had attended. He had found one session particularly thought provoking, a session...
little white whale posted LEOsaurus | 5 days ago
Back in my old life when I used to be a sixth grade teacher, one of the mini lessons in my repetoire for writing workshop was titled using show not tell details. Come on, kid. Don't tell me your dog was sad. Say Buddy laid his head down atop his paws and whimpered. Or something to that effect. Thing...
Autumn Snow posted Intervention responses | Dec 15, 2009
I had to write a pretty long note to a guidance counsellor this morning because of a conversation a student and I had. I was worried that the student had just given up on everything, and was making disturbing comments, so I made my second report of the year. I figure I need pass these things along...
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