The last couple of weeks have provided a few great opportunities for me to learn, and I would like to reflect on them in this week’s blog posts. My partner-in-crime (actually, I’m generally the victim of her crimes), Angelique Lackey, who is our school’s librarian, submitted our names to present at Region 20’s Library Resource … Read more
I’ve been using this week of my Spring Break to write about some innovative ideas in education, and a comment from a reader on my “Teacherpreneurship” post, motivated me to include the concept of Edcamps in this series. I’ve been meaning to write about the Edcamp model for quite some time now, but I was … Read more
“Do you get hours for this?” my husband asked me Sunday morning-ish as I ran to the fridge for a Diet Coke between RSCON4 sessions. He was referring, of course, to the staff development hours that are required for my Teacher Appraisal each year. “Nope!” I called behind me as I ran back to the … Read more
I just spent the most amazing weekend being consistently inspired by fabulous speakers from all around the world. I have been encouraging everyone to attend RSCON (if you missed it, you can see the archives of each session by clicking here) this weekend, and, coincidentally, San Antonio hosted a TEDx event that I was fortunate … Read more