Have you ever gotten on that amusement park ride that your kids love, but you look at with trepidation? You are sitting there thinking to yourself that this may not have been the best idea and suddenly, you are screaming... Continue Reading →
I should be doing grades, but this has been building for a while now. I've been actively blogging and on Twitter, trying to keep myself connected with what's important in education. I've worked to get technology seamlessly into our... Continue Reading →
Apparently, my brain is seeping my thoughts around, because it seems like every blog post I've read lately talks about exactly what I've been thinking. I've deleted three different topics as this last blog just struck me right between the... Continue Reading →
My last title was "Things That Make You Go Hmmmmm" and this one could just as well have been "Things That Make You Go 'Doh!'" I swear, we cannot see beyond the nose on our face with some of the... Continue Reading →
As I'm listening to Techlandia yesterday, Curt Rees (@CurtRees) and Jessica Johnson (@PrincipalJ) hit a segment where they were talking about how we should be digging deeper into those social connections that we have. They talked about calling each other,... Continue Reading →
One my friends, someone I've know for a while now, is now my principal. Now, I can't give names or anything like that, but I know she reads this blog, so I can write whatever I want here without being... Continue Reading →
The last two weeks have been hectic for us as we've been running our daughter to swim practice in a neighboring town. It's about a 30 minute drive and then a two hour practice, so hardly enough time to run... Continue Reading →
Today I had a rare thing happen: two hours of time to myself! My oldest daughter is starting swim practice, which is in Decorah, thus a 30 minute drive, not always a lot of fun. However, Decorah is also the... Continue Reading →
It seems that writing about, talking about, tweeting about following your passions is all the rage right now, and why not? As a teacher, helping my students to find what drives them, what makes their own being tick is indeed... Continue Reading →
The Life of a Conflicted Teacher 