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Ode to the Five
O, Thumb, the one, we see your sign of approval, sometimes doubled. And you, Number Two, Index ET extends his– it glows, throbbing; the touch of home. The Middle, you sometimes-rude one, but strong,...
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During two of the days I was away, I asked the students to write two different blog posts. The first was to discuss a text that they were reading, or had just finished reading. The requirements were...
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Kid President asks you to share what you would put in a graduation speech, so…what would you say? GO BE AWESOME!
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This morning as I was checking my email accounts, and visiting my blog”spots,” I happened upon this vimeo presentation by the great Wendell Berry and realized that, by posting it here, in the waning...
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“Raise Your Voice” on Blog Action Day 2015
This graphic, taken from Teach Thought, and created by Sylvia Duckworth and J Casa Todd, captures the essence of Blog Action Day. The second statement distinguishing a digital leader from a mere...
View ArticleIt’s Called the “Worldwide Web”
This Blog Action Day I don’t want to sound like a foot-stamping kindergartner who wants it HER way, but I am moved to write after reading an article from the thought-provoking blog Mindshift. At the...
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Halloween Thoughts!
Here’s a Padlet-for-fun. Tell me about Halloween for you. The password is Halloween; the comments will immediately post, so THINK before you write. Created with Padlet
View ArticleA Just and Lasting Peace
At the close of his second inaugural address, President Lincoln said: With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to...
View ArticleA Google Doodle Worth Watching
See the wonderful Google Doodle for today, Tuesday, March 8, 2016.
View ArticleSeventh Grade Genius Hour Projects 2021
As we near the end of our year together as a virtual Reading and Language Arts class, I have high hopes for the students’ Genius Hour projects. It is not an easy task—monitoring one’s own learning—no...
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