Today has been a totally amazing day. I crossed off one the most dreaded items on my TODO list today – create my first Webpage. Of all the things I have done in the tech side of my life, the one thing I haven’t done is complete a working webpage. Why? I have had way… [Read more…]
July 11, 2010
Re-posted from Blogger That is a question, I have really started to ask myself lately. I really believe that I am reading more today than I ever have in my life! I am either reading something on my laptop, iPhone, a book, a magazine, or reading the scroll bar on SportsCenter while I am listening… [Read more…]
December 15, 2009
I tend to consider myself as someone who knows a bit about a lot of things and have a variety of interests, beyond my present position as a Special Education Teacher. Since I have returned to teaching, I have noticed that I am constantly bombarded and overloaded with information at work and home. This evening… [Read more…]
December 13, 2009
Image via Wikipedia I was reading Rich Byrne’s Free Technology for Teacher’s blog Why Can’t We Be (Facebook) Friends? this morning and he was discussing “friending” students and former students on social networks. I started to comment on the blog and got thinking about it. I probably need a personal policy on this issue and… [Read more…]
November 29, 2009
Image by Stephen Edgar – Netweb via Flickr I installed Windows 7 on my machine about three weeks ago and per my usual procedures, that meant that it was time for me to re-boot my Tablet back to factory Specs this weekend. I have this “terrible” habit of wanting to try new things (software/applications), different… [Read more…]
November 26, 2009
Image via Wikipedia When I talk about “we squeak” what am I talking about? I have used this term in a couple of posts now and I want to clarify what I mean by it. Is “we squeak” the noise a mouse makes? Nope Is “we squeak” the noise that is heard when we are complaining… [Read more…]
December 29, 2007
Week #3 Shaw2.0 – November 1, 2007 This week continues to be eye opening in many ways. We were using gaggle.net to teach some basic email and blogging skills…I found out that 2 of my students had never sent an email before – one was 18 and the other 15. They were both very, very… [Read more…]
October 21, 2007
I just want to talk a bit about how difficult it is to teach in today’s world. How do you decide how to teach with Blogs, Wikki, Open Source, Proprietary, Google, FaceBook, YouTube, TeacherTube and everything else that is out there to “help” you teach. All these things that I am just starting to see,… [Read more…]
This blog focuses on teaching from a Special Education Teacher's perspective. I plan to provide my observations and/or insights into Special Education, English Language Arts, the help students receive in my Resource Room, pedagogical ideas and integrating technology/Web2.0 tools into the classroom.
My views have been molded by my experiences as a parent of a Special Education Student, a retired Coastie, teaching in a Special Purpose Private School and a Public School system.
July 21, 2010
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