I had to be on a conference call in the morning, and I missed the first two sessions of the day–but my pre-service teachers took amazing notes for me to learn from later. AND I had the treat at the Slicer dinner of seeing LeeAnn Spillane’s absolutely gorgeous sketchnotes. (Read more about her beautiful notebooks…
Every year at NCTE, I look forward to the moment when The Paper Graders’ daily learning reflection pops up in my feed. It’s such a powerful way to capture and keep learning. Every year, I want to write my own, and every year I make excuses for how tired I am at the end of…
Sunday Salon was on hiatus last week because I was traveling, so readers get an extra special long collection of links this week! Easy is a compliment! Michelle explains why we should all want our classes to be easy. Michelle also shared a neat experience where her students ended up live tweeting with…
Ruth Ayres hosts Celebrate every Saturday. I love my Saturday mornings. My husband works late on Friday nights and usually sleeps in until 9:30 or 10. My older son is in teenager sleep mode on weekends and would probably sleep all day. And my younger son is happy to stay in his room looking at…
This week, I am celebrating the beginning of a new semester. First weeks are always very hectic for me. I have good intentions about preparing early so that first week will be stress-free and smooth, but I like to use all the time I have during breaks to generate ideas and create, to think about…
If you’re a Buffy fan–and I hope you are!–you can read this post while playing “Where Do We Go From Here?” Because I’m thoughtful like that. “Where do we go from here?” is the theme song for the end of all of my courses for pre-service teachers. By the end of the semester, we may achieve…
