This is an updated version of my blog from November 4, 2009 when I created the Resource Room 220 blog. I have gone back and rewrote it for clarity AND to refocus the post on why I named my blog Resource Room 220. Why have I decided to create a blog named Resource Room 220? … [Read more…]
July 18, 2010
Today my blog Resource Room 220 officially re-0pens. Resource Room 220 on WordPress.com has been in “sleep” mode since March 3rd, but actually had almost as many visitors during that “down” time as my regular blog that I updated on a consistent basis. In my What Did I Learn While Moving Back to WorkdPress.com blog… [Read more…]
July 16, 2010
Since I decided to move back to WordPress last week, I have learned a lot about changing a blog over to a different blog host. In the process of this transfer, I ran into several questions about the physical setup and how they would relate to my goals for Resource Room 220. I found that… [Read more…]
July 14, 2010
Image via CrunchBase I have been changing back to my WordPress.com blog and have made several changes as a part of this switch. The final major piece of the puzzle is what I have as the blog’s name. I chose Resource Room 220 because I wanted it to originally focus on Special Education and that… [Read more…]
July 14, 2010
I have been working on Resource Room 220′s theme in preparation to my official return here on Sunday, July 18. I believe that I have things about 90% completed as far as how I want the blog to look. Please take the embedded poll to let me know what you think. This is one of… [Read more…]
July 11, 2010
Image via Wikipedia Re-post from Blogger This is part 2 of my book review on Doug Lemov’s “Teaching Like a Champion”, I will be looking at Chapter one, which is titled “Setting High Academic Expectations”. He starts out with the following statement “One consistent finding of academic research is that high expectations are the most… [Read more…]
July 11, 2010
From RESOURCE ROOM 220 Re-post from Blogger I tell my students that if you write about (reflect on) what you read that you will understand and maybe remember what you read better. After all the hype and hyperbole, I decided to read Teach Like A Champion by Doug Lemov. I plan to do a series… [Read more…]
June 26, 2010
Re-posted from Blogger. Below is a list of my top 5 blog posts TEACHING AS AN ACT OF LOVE 8TH GRADE LTRS TO NEXT YEAR’S 7TH GRADE THINGS THAT ALL TEACHERS SHOULD KNOW TEACHING VERSUS PRESENTING MY TOP 10 LEARNING TOOLS FOR 2010 DO OR DO NOT, THERE IS NO TRY Number 5 & 6… [Read more…]
June 23, 2010
This is an updated version of my blog from November 4, 2009 when I created the Resource Room 220 blog. While some of the thoughts and perspectives have changed since that original blog post, much of what I wrote that day, I still believe is true. Since I have changed my Blogger blog into “Resource… [Read more…]
February 14, 2010
I have been using OmniFocus since January and it has made a significant difference in how I feel about keeping on top of my workload! Below are my first two posts about OmniFocus: OMNIFOCUS – IS TAMING MY PRODUCTIVITY PROBLEM OMNIFOCUS AS A LESSON PLANNER Does this mean that I get everything done when I… [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 18, 2010
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