Tag: #EdBDaily
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NaNoWriMo in Two
In exactly one month, National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) will officially kick off. I have NaNo’ed (to “nano” is a verb in my world) six times successfully. All that means is that I have completed the challenge of writing 50K words of a novel in November. Despite the fact that I now have over 300K words […]
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Sunday Salon: What I’ve Been Reading Online
Sarah Lahm has a thoughtful post about why she opted her kids out of the MAP test. I believe more parents would opt out if they understood how pointless this (and so many other!) standardized test is. Ellie Herman continues to post some of the best writing about teaching that I’ve ever read: “The Kid […]
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What Book Do You Give the Teen Who Refuses to Read?
I just read Maggie‘s post about how she will inspire students to read in her classroom. She includes a list of 30 very good books she wants to have on desks when students first walk into the room. Her list got me thinking about the most popular books in my classroom library, the ones I couldn’t […]
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Questioning the Common Core: Pathways to the Common Core, Chapters 1-3
I’m reading this book with Tiffany at The Intersection of Teaching, Learning, and Technology. Tiffany is also participating in the #EdbDaily challenge. Pathways to the Common Core: Accelerating Achievement has been on my TBR stack for a few months. I teach in Nebraska, one of the few states that has not ratified the Common Core State […]
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What Should We Talk about in Methods Today?
That’s easy! Everything! We want to talk about Twitter, student blogging, how to reach unreachable kids, Penny Kittle because we love her, TED talks, hackschooling, workshop, independent reading, how to challenge kids without overwhelming them, lesson plans, student motivation, standards, standardization, why schools are like factories and prisons and what we can do about it, […]
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Be Gretchen: The First Commandment of Methods
I didn’t intend for Gretchen Rubin to become the patron saint of my Methods course for Secondary English Ed majors, but the first of her twelve commandments, Be Gretchen, has become something of a mantra for us. Being Gretchen means knowing and accepting your likes and dislikes, strengths and weaknesses, and making decisions accordingly. It means figuring […]
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Why Blog Daily? #EdBDaily
Monday evening, I happened upon a post by Shawn White detailing his intention to start a new blogging challenge: 365 days of blogging. Several other educators in his PLN were planning to join him. I have a novel to finish in the month of September, plus NaNoWriMo coming up in November, plus, you know, regular […]
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