| yeah! finally found out I am accepted to the post-bac program I need for my teaching licensure. this is great news because I'll be busy busy busy the next 7 months - and busy means less anxious! but even more great because I'll be able to move to GA with Matt when he goes active duty next year. we're both ... 1 hour ago · it's just distance... · itsjustdistance.livejournal.com by itsjustdistance |
| Untitled Just got my teaching schedule for fall. Ye gods! Is it too late to change my mind about this? *g* Anyone wanting to see me in the next year or so should visit me this summer, because I'm about to have a lot of work to do... 4 hours ago · Footprints in the sands of ... · prophetkristy.livejournal.com by prophetkristy  5 references |
| More on brain-based education Brain-based Education: Fad or Breakthrough My colleague Dan Willingham has posted a marvelous video that’s an introduction to thinking about neuroscience and education. Under the title “Brain-based Education: Fad or Breakthrough,” he illustrates important elements reasoned extrapolations from cognit ... 4 hours ago · Teach Effectively! · TeachEffectively.com by JohnL 4 references |
| Re-evaluating the “Frontstage Backstage” of Professors and Students in ... There’s an interesting piece in today’s Inside Higher Ed by Julie Frechette called “Crossing the (Digital) Line.” In it, Frechette explores some of the implications of what it means when professors enter the cultural space often known as “cyberspace” that is more frequently inhabited by students tha ... 6 hours ago · thinking at the interface · jessiedanielsphd.com/blog by jessiedanielsnyc 7 references |
| One of the nicest things anyone has said to me in a long time! by Stephanie My favorite student just dropped my gen chem lab class. I emailed him to see if it was for real or if it was a problem with my online gradebook system that UO uses (it is ALWAYS giving me problems so I wanted to make sure it just didn't accidentally delete him from my gradebook...which ... 7 hours ago · Intended To Be... · intendedtobe.blogspot.com by ayanna () |
| There's something about Mary It seems that there was a convention this week at the Hilton I was staying at. I walked in and saw a line of women all dressed to the nines and done up with makeup worthy of the 80s. I was sharing the hotel with Mary Kay — the cosmetics vendor. I think they had a party that evening as well because t ... 9 hours ago · wanderings… · micah-gideon.livejournal.com by Micah Gideon 1 reference |
| Writing a Book: Getting Students Involved As I announced earlier, I'm planning on writing a novel as a kind of public performance piece during the next school year. I realized yesterday that I should be able to get more out of the project (and not make it nearly as self serving) if I can involve the students. So, we are starting a "Write a ... 9 hours ago · A Place for Strangers and ... · jimvanpelt.livejournal.com by jimvanpelt 76 references |
| Short day Home by 3:15 today - was actually home at 2:20, but had to go out again. This is because I was doing Work Experience visits to our Y10, who are on placements this week and next. One of them was a 5 minute walk from my house, which was nice, even if it took me two tries at walking into beauty salons ... 10 hours ago · mrata · mrata.livejournal.com by mrata |
