Cover via Amazon The other day I was going clicking on links in Twitter – As usual I clicked on Shelly Terrell’s Teacher Reboot Camp to read her blog post on Free E-books and Resources for Your Summer Reading! I am glad that I did, because several of the links looked very interesting and I downloaded… [Read more…]
February 19, 2010
This is a subject that I have given a lot of thought about and it is something that needs to be discussed. It is also an issue that we could write a book about, but I am going to only skim the surface of. A few weeks ago, I had a conversation with another teacher… [Read more…]
February 16, 2010
Every so often I enjoy going to TweetCloud to quickly and visually review what I have been Tweeting about for three different time periods: 1 year, 3 months and the last week. Looking at these quickly give me a general idea about what I have been talking about in Twitter. For the past year The… [Read more…]
February 15, 2010
Are you part of the solution or part of the problem? I have been asked and have asked that question many times in my life, both as a supervisor and a subordinate. Looking back at different times in my life – realistically I have been both – either part of the problem and part of… [Read more…]
February 14, 2010
I really do get tired of hearing about educational reform and all the great things it is going to bring with it. My burning question is: Are all these great reforms actually going to make a positive difference to the students that I teach or even my grandsons (who haven’t started school yet)? From where… [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…]
February 13, 2010
Vacation started for me yesterday around 2:30 P.M. EST. Those who are not or have not been a teacher, really don’t understand the need and the value of the teaching profession’s many “vacations”. To be honest I didn’t either; before I before I became a teacher…mostly I was jealous of the the number of days… [Read more…]
January 31, 2010
This has been a GREAT weekend! I was able to attend the EduCon Conference at the SLA Academy in Philiadelphia yesterday and today. I wasn’t able to attend it in person, but went virtually via Elluminate and Twitter. I would have much rather been in Philadelphia being part of the excitement and conversations that were… [Read more…]
January 30, 2010
This is a weekly blog on 5 good things that happened this week with my students. 1. A student that was almost suspended earlier in the week because of some of his actions in my classroom and elsewhere at school, was able to sit down and talk with me about some things. We haven’t been… [Read more…]
January 26, 2010
I had an interesting conversation with a teacher who doesn’t really use technology in their classroom this afternoon. In the short time I have been in my school, I have come to respect this person’s teaching ability and their opinions on teaching, I believe that this person is an excellent to outstanding teacher and a… [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 13, 2010
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