Annual Review time is right around the corner! If you are looking for a refresher on how to write Meaningful, Measurable, and Manageable goals check out this link!
Also, here is a link to a quick and easy AIMSweb goal cheat sheet! :-)
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Thursday, January 16, 2014
Friday, December 13, 2013
Grading Writing....
True confession. I HATED grading my students writing. It was most definitely not a strong point in my teaching. I have the deepest respect for those English teachers taking home hundreds of essays over the weekend to grade. I can't imagine doing that.
One of my English teacher buddies posted this the other day. She has begun using the program and loves it. It is a way to grade, give feedback, and possibly shorted the amount of time spent on grading. In watching the demo I honestly felt that it was a streamlined version of what we are able to do in Google Docs. But, with the added Common Core component, it would be something I would be curious to try if I still had a classroom!
Check it out!
One of my English teacher buddies posted this the other day. She has begun using the program and loves it. It is a way to grade, give feedback, and possibly shorted the amount of time spent on grading. In watching the demo I honestly felt that it was a streamlined version of what we are able to do in Google Docs. But, with the added Common Core component, it would be something I would be curious to try if I still had a classroom!
Check it out!
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Friday, November 8, 2013
Friday, November 1, 2013
BAD teacher!
This is such a hot topic right now. Somedays I feel that everywhere I turn teachers are being blamed for everything. Check out The Cornerstone's blog post and read Angela's review and opinion on Kevin Kumashiro's book BAD teacher!
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
The Educator & Social Media
Right along with bullying and Common Core, Social media is a hot topic in education right now. I won't go into and rehash much of what has been already written, but I will direct you to some awesome blog posts and articles along the way.
Personally, I've been a Facebook addict for years. I don't often post much, but trust me, if you are my friend, I am stalking you. I've joined and been added to several educational/teacher group pages. Many are deemed private, to protect the members of the group and give them a safe place to communicate with others. I find these pages a blessing and a curse. While many times there are teachers posting questions seeking advise that I find is an excellent use of the page, most are just using it as an open forum to gripe. Now, I fully understand the cathartic values of a well placed gripe session. But sometimes I feel like people take it as a contest to see who has the worst school, colleges, parents, administration, and state government. That being said, if you'd like to collaborate w/ educators on Facebook stick to the open pages (not private) and many companies pages offer great collaboration as well. I'm a big fan of Really Good Stuff's page (and their catalogue and products). Several friends and colleges also created "teacher" accounts. Allowing for their students to connect with them on the site, but not their personal pages.
Over the past year I've become more of a fan of Twitter. Both personally, to stalk celebrities, authors, and athletes, and professionally, to stalk award winning teachers, practitioners, and presenters. Again, I don't post much, and haven't quite grasped all the lingo and how to knowledge that goes into twitter, but I do retweet posts quite often. As you can see here ----->
Also, twitter gives you only gives you 140 characters to get your message across. So, right there the gripe session is reduced.
What I love about twitter is I can be directed to great articles, blog posts, and interactive websites recommended and written by educators. Connect with professionals who have similar job descriptions, and keep on top of educational topics in a more concise and convenient manner. Twitter is also where you need to be to connect with teen students now. Teens are leaving Facebook in droves. Oh they still have an active page. But, when your grandma friends you, it's no longer the cool place to be.
For more info on Twitter and education...Check these sites below!
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/feb10/vol67/num05/Why-Teachers-Should-Try-Twitter.aspx
http://www.schrockguide.net/twitter-for-teachers.html
http://rossieronline.usc.edu/twitter-for-teachers/
Find teachers to connect with here:
http://twitter4teachers.pbworks.com/w/page/22554534/FrontPage
Personally, I've been a Facebook addict for years. I don't often post much, but trust me, if you are my friend, I am stalking you. I've joined and been added to several educational/teacher group pages. Many are deemed private, to protect the members of the group and give them a safe place to communicate with others. I find these pages a blessing and a curse. While many times there are teachers posting questions seeking advise that I find is an excellent use of the page, most are just using it as an open forum to gripe. Now, I fully understand the cathartic values of a well placed gripe session. But sometimes I feel like people take it as a contest to see who has the worst school, colleges, parents, administration, and state government. That being said, if you'd like to collaborate w/ educators on Facebook stick to the open pages (not private) and many companies pages offer great collaboration as well. I'm a big fan of Really Good Stuff's page (and their catalogue and products). Several friends and colleges also created "teacher" accounts. Allowing for their students to connect with them on the site, but not their personal pages.
Over the past year I've become more of a fan of Twitter. Both personally, to stalk celebrities, authors, and athletes, and professionally, to stalk award winning teachers, practitioners, and presenters. Again, I don't post much, and haven't quite grasped all the lingo and how to knowledge that goes into twitter, but I do retweet posts quite often. As you can see here ----->
Also, twitter gives you only gives you 140 characters to get your message across. So, right there the gripe session is reduced.
What I love about twitter is I can be directed to great articles, blog posts, and interactive websites recommended and written by educators. Connect with professionals who have similar job descriptions, and keep on top of educational topics in a more concise and convenient manner. Twitter is also where you need to be to connect with teen students now. Teens are leaving Facebook in droves. Oh they still have an active page. But, when your grandma friends you, it's no longer the cool place to be.
For more info on Twitter and education...Check these sites below!
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/feb10/vol67/num05/Why-Teachers-Should-Try-Twitter.aspx
http://www.schrockguide.net/twitter-for-teachers.html
http://rossieronline.usc.edu/twitter-for-teachers/
Find teachers to connect with here:
http://twitter4teachers.pbworks.com/w/page/22554534/FrontPage
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Parent Support Night
Just a reminder that our GCSEC Parent Support Night aka Fun Night is
Thursday, October 17 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 17 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Registration is open until October 11th.
Come and join us for a fun evening!
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