I know my silence on this blog is deafening. Trust me, I am working on it. I am finishing up my coursework for my doctoral program over the next few weeks. It involves some pretty heavy lifting in a time when we are living through a global pandemic and massive civil unrest. I support Black…
Do you get the newsletter “Teach This Poem” from Poets.org? If not, you should definitely go sign up. I don’t always find time to implement each plan, but they are great for tucking away to fill in lesson plans at times. What I like about the plans is they incorporate other disciplines, such as art,…
Like every other educator in America (probably most of the world, too), I’ve been trying to process the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, CT. It’s not very far from where I live””a few hours’ drive at most. I cannot comprehend the mind of someone who would murder young children, who would even come…
Hi everyone. I realize that I haven’t posted much here, but a change to Technology Integration Specialist last August has changed my focus, and I need to re-orient myself I appreciate your patience very much. I would suggest that you might want to subscribe in a feed reader or via email if you would like…
As you probably know if you read this blog regularly, I have moved into a new role as Technology Integration Specialist at my school. When Adobe approached me and invited me to participate in their Influencer program, I readily accepted because I want to learn a great deal about some of their products, especially Flash,…
The Georgia DOE recognized me for being the Georgia Council of Teachers of English High School Teacher of the Year. It was a nice ceremony, mainly because the announcers took time to tell the audience all about the people being recognized. Often it seems these kinds of things are a blitz of names, and you…
As a result of my post on Hogwarts teachers being linked by Sarah Ebner’s SchoolGate blog, I was interviewed by Sean Moncrieff of Moncrieff on Newstalk in Ireland. They graciously sent me an mp3 of my interview to share with you here (click the plus sign): Download I was about to explain that Lupin also…
I changed classrooms this year, and I’m still putting things away and decorating, but here’s a peek. This image shows my desk in the corner. You can see part of my SMART Board, my Macbeth on one page poster, my diploma, and a Harry Potter poster one of my students gave me last year. The…
Can someone tell me why Facebook doesn’t allow users to search using both graduation year and major as criteria? Or am I missing something? I wind up having to wade through hundreds of grads when I’m only looking for classmates, or I wind up wading through hundreds of English Education majors that didn’t even go…
Robert at Casting Out Nines just posted a Fall Preview. It’s nice to know what our fellow bloggers are doing so we can pick their brains or follow along when they write about instruction. This is what I have going on this semester: A daughter starting high school (yikes!), a daughter starting second grade, and…
