Amidst the seemingly endless parade of art projects, desk clean-outs, and partially depleted school supplies that have been coming home over the past few weeks, my son brought home a portfolio of his work from his Gifted Support program. My wife and I sat down to look at the contents…
Category: Reflection
Coming Attractions
Ever since my initial headlong dive into blogging in 2007, experience has taught me that I need to pace myself in order to avoid running out of things to write about. Maintaining a twice monthly posting schedule, as I have done (more or less) since 2009 or so, has helped…
2012 By The Numbers
I don’t know if it’s my school psychology training or the ZOMG DATA craze that has gripped all facets of public education in the last few years, but I’m becoming increasingly interested in looking at the role numbers play in my life, specifically in terms of goals and accomplishments. Dan…
EdcampNJ Two Weeks Later
EdcampNJ on December 1 kicked off one of the the busiest periods of the school year so far for me, so I haven’t had much time to sit and collect my thoughts on it until now. Much of what I’ve said before about Edcamps still applies; it was great to flatten…
EdcampNJ Is Almost Here!
Just a quickie post to further publicize an upcoming Edcamp event with which I am involved – EdcampNJ! If you’re not familiar with Edcamp/ “unconference” events, here’s how I described the event this past summer: Most of you who read blogs by educators are at least passingly familiar with Edcamp, the…