Silent Cacophony
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Teaching Tip Tuesdays – USB Drives
Here’s a great tip for helping your students in the computer lab. Go to the surplus store and pick up some cheap USB thumb drives. The above drives only cost me $4.00 a piece. You can’t really beat that. Label the thumb drives and keep them in your classroom. I can’t tell you how many…
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Scenes From A Classroom: Episode 1
Mr. March tries to use skateboarding to help his class understand some of the concepts they have been studying in science and math. But today is no ordinary day. Find out what happens in … Scenes From a Classroom Episode 1 While this story is based on fact, it is fiction. Any resemblance to students…
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Parents – Let’s Talk
Today something amazing happened. I had a parent come to my classroom and ask how her daughter was doing in class. We talked quite frankly about the challenges she has faced, the success that she has had this year, and the things that she can improve on. We didn’t dwell on the report card, comments,…
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Rap is Music
I wrote a post two years ago to try and battle the mind frame that Rap Music Isn’t Music Since then, I have continued to get comments on that post where the vast majority of people cannot seem to concede that rap is indeed music. The argument seems to go that it takes no talent…
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Jericho Returns for a Third Season
Jericho is an amazing television series that I have written about here time and time again. I was hooked on it from the very first episode. It drew me in and kept me on the edge of my seat for 22 episodes. Unfortunately, this amazing show didn’t have the numbers that the network wanted to…
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Passing Fear onto Your Students
When I was in student in school, I absolutely hated math. When I went to teacher’s college, I discovered a new appreciation for the subject that I had dreaded all those years. It was all thanks to a brilliant professor that we had who passed on to us his passion for mathematics. Well, at least…
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The Law of the Universe
There are some universal laws that are so simple and easy to understand that they often get lost. These laws have been written down time and time again but they have sometimes been misinterpreted. Universal laws are broken every day and unfortunately, we often don’t see the consequences that go along with breaking them. As…
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Writing Helps
Writing is probably one of the most amazing tools that we have. I was reminded of this last month. I was at a really low place in my life. I was feeling depressed and miserable. I couldn’t figure a way out of my bad mood. It seemed like I was stuck. But then Thanksgiving came…
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Scary New Territory
I don’t know why but I find it hard to write short fiction. For me, it seems a lot easier to write a novel than a short story. So I find myself in some scary new territory as I try to take some advice that a published author gave me. Barbara Haworth–Attard did a reading…