This morning I was behind the 8-ball in a bad way. Between trying to get one sullen teenaged daughter moving, helping my wife around (ACL surgery two weeks ago), and trying to get myself ready, I arrived at school in... Continue Reading →
As I work on cultivating professional relationships on Twitter, one thing is apparent, there are some awesome teachers doing incredible things out there. Case in point: last Friday, I took part in a "flipped" classroom activity with Jeff Bradbury... Continue Reading →
We work with the Daily 5 in our school, and I have jumped into things as best I can without training. I use my #D5chat hash tag on Twitter, do my research, but never quite feel like I'm doing things... Continue Reading →
This phrase was just driven into the ground by at old high school coach of mine, someone who really worked hard to not only teach us football, but life lessons too. This is the phrase that popped into my... Continue Reading →
Conflicted. I feel this way a lot about where our country is going, the work on do on my acreage, and how I teach. Today, conflict is just flowing like water. I'm a fairly old school kind of teacher I... Continue Reading →
I just Tweeted this: AnIowaTeacher 11:11pm via HootSuite Should be in bed, but found a box of pictures from my first years of teaching. I'm such a sentimental fool, but I really miss those kids. I taught a... Continue Reading →
As a teacher, I agonize (wonderful word) over scheduling. How will class run? Who will have to switch at what times? How exactly can we fit all this learning into this little amount of time. For most who read this,... Continue Reading →
I'm not a positive person and I'll be the first to admit this. In fact, I've been called "Mr. Doom and Gloom" by my wife, and sometimes prefer to hang out on those web sites that deal with the "what's... Continue Reading →
As our first two days of school ended, I was met with a "please stop sending me things on Twitter" edict from two teachers. Both claimed they didn't have the time or the inclination to go through all the "stuff"... Continue Reading →
The Life of a Conflicted Teacher 