I was going through my Google Reader this morning and got to the TEACHER SOL blog by Maria Angala and she had posted the below video of a Student presenting to the Dallas teachers. I found the video to be very, very powerful. After watching the video…do you believe? I do. Now we have to… [Read more…]
January 24, 2010
RANT ALERT – I will probably get myself in trouble but here goes… With all due respect to: the President of the United States and his staff the Congress and their staffs the State Governors and their staffs (Maine for me) the State Boards of Education (Maine for me) the Teacher preparatory programs at the… [Read more…]
December 12, 2009
Image via Wikipedia This is going to be a bit different than my usual blog entries. Being a Special Education Teacher can be a very stressful job and many of us are so busy taking taking care of others, that we don’t take care of ourselves. We attempt to do many of the following things:… [Read more…]
December 9, 2009
I was going through Google Reader this morning and started reading Education On The Plate’s latest blog entry Please, Please, Please, Don’t Call My Mom It made me really stop and think about what really happens when we do call home sometimes. It opens up a whole barrel of worms (not just a can). I… [Read more…]
December 5, 2009
Image via Wikipedia I was going through my gReader this evening and was reading an entry at the Reality 101 Blog. It is a good read and something that I needed to read tonight. I started to write a comment and it has turned into words that I don’t want to loose, as I have… [Read more…]
November 25, 2009
Image via Wikipedia Last night I participated in #edchat on Twitter as I have done on most Tuesday evenings at 7:00 P.M., since I returned to teaching. I love the discussion, but it is almost turning into “we squeak”. What do I mean by “we squeak”? Almost every session that I have participated in seems… [Read more…]
November 19, 2009
Image via Wikipedia I know that this idea has been floated out there before, but I really believe that it needs to be looked more closely. I strongly believe that it would increase a school’s ability to provide Special Education services to our students and reduce the high levels of stress that is in the… [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.
January 31, 2010
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