Nature. The Great Outdoors. The sounds and sights of being outdoors. Being in an online classroom does present some challenges. One of them is it’s hard to organize to get students outside. It’s sometimes hard to get everyone to go outside as each person is in different circumstances which makes their access to the outside…
Motivation I think we all wish we had more of it. That we were motivated to do what we have to do. Some days, we’re really motivated to get at the tasks at hand. Other days, not so much. And then there are those days were motivation has taken a vacation and hasn’t even bothered…
Being back teaching middle years on a full-time basis has been a shift for me this year. As many of you know, I’ve was working on my PhD for the previous 6 years as a full-time student. Before that, I was an administrator so the jump back into full-time teaching has meant a few changes.…
As an educator, one of my primary goals is to help others grow and develop. I am constantly searching for new ways to support students in their learning journey and help other teachers in the work they are doing. But this wasn’t always the case. When I first began, I was more about the content…