Oct 30, 2018
You may have seen the headline, “Teacher Fired for Giving Students Zeros for not Turning in Assignments”. Certainly great click-bait from a publisher’s standpoint, but what is this really about. At a conference roundtable I attended many years ago, we discussed this...
Oct 29, 2018
Oct 29, 2018
This past week, I “cancelled” class for conferences. My ENG 111 students were required to come see me with a complete, though not final, draft so we could discuss where they were and where they were going in the writing process for Project 2. Conferences are my...
Oct 29, 2018
I have been intrigued as of late, with the vast influx of Mindfulness and Mediation Information available today. What intrigues me more, however, is that when I incorporate these techniques and information into my classroom, the students respond favorably. They ask...
Oct 25, 2018
The answer is the question. What can I ask myself that propels my motivation? What piques my interest that beckons me further? What keeps me in motion once I have started seeking? What paths do I find that distract me from my goals? What routes are tangents that...
