Good afternoon from a snowy, blustery Northeast Iowa! For my six readers, this will be a bit of a review, but for those who are new to this blog, it's all new learning! My name is Darin, and I'm currently a... Continue Reading →
Over at Two Writing Teachers, they do a tremendous job of talking about ideas. Strategies, ideas, examples, and just good old fashioned writing, all of it helping us (me) to become better as we teach writing with our students. In a... Continue Reading →
Parent teacher conference week always offers up some good thoughts for blog topics, so thank you for bearing with another blog. It seems that so many times topic are lightening bolts that are there and gone in a flash. Conferences... Continue Reading →
I had about 750 words done on this post the first time, and somehow, the "save draft" button failed me, so I'm not sure what this will turn into! 🙂 Last week, I had the change to attend the fifth... Continue Reading →
This is what I posed to my sixth grade students today as part of their Wednesday morning writing. I'm part of an Iowa Voxer group, and first, good grief, what a talented, passionate, intense group of educators. I wrote a... Continue Reading →
Bear with me on this one, it's not starting out the way you'd expect, but I promise the happy ending! 🙂 I've written about this before, there's been a lot of change going on. A. Lot. Iowa has created a... Continue Reading →
I had ever intention of attending EdCampIowa this year. There was a session taking place in Iowa City so we had free room and board with my wife's aunt and uncle, my kids would be spoiled, and all would be... Continue Reading →
Some days, you just write positive because it's what will make you feel better about the day. Today is one of those days. We don't celebrate enough, period. We don't celebrate birthdays (oh, I'm too old). We don't celebrate our... Continue Reading →
Yeah, I missed Friday. My wife had a couple of appointments in which she needed a driver. Nothing major by any means, but I was with her, a nice feeling in itself. And honestly, I've been struggling. Now, I've said... Continue Reading →
The Life of a Conflicted Teacher 