It’s been a long-term goal of mine to earn a doctoral degree. Until relatively recently, I thought that would be in education, but my grad school experience studying school psychology opened up another research interest for me. As I was winding down my Ed.S. program over the last year or…
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T3: Cutting Up in the Classroom
Rebecca Bell over at Notes from the School Psychologist recently started a blog carnival called Teaching Tips Tuesdays (or T3). This is my contribution to this week’s edition (but linked to last week’s T3, since there isn’t one up for this week yet), and will be cross-posted to/linked from her…
Ain’t Misbehavin’, Part I
NB: I originally wrote this at the end of January 2008, but never got around to posting. With very little blogging time available to me in the immediate future, I present it to you today. Shortly after I announced my victory post to the Twitterverse last Sunday night, Jackie inquired:…
Reach Out and Touch Someone
Up until about a month ago, my primary use for Skype was for facilitating video chat between my parents and my 3-year-old son. While that’s a great use, it wasn’t until very recently that I’ve begun using Skype for more educational purposes. Students in my Honors British Lit class just…
Full of Sound & Fury
All-teacher email messages can be a funny thing. Sometimes they’re very positive and encouraging in nature (“Hey, did anyone catch the play this weekend? Good job everyone involved!”), and other times, like today, they take on sharper tones. I’d be lying if I said I never got sucked into it,…