What Am I Doing Up Here?

We, like most leaders, lead from the front.  But are we facing the right direction?

If we are to properly mentor our students shouldn't we turn and face challenges with them.  How else can we model constructive responses to successes and challenges?  I think I need a new seating arrangement.

Festivus, The Holiday for the rest of us!

This is easily the best news story of the holiday!

And if you are unfamiliar with the this particular cultural events here is a quick primer.

Citizenship is not Digital

The tool you use to communicate does not affect the social norms of a society.  Start the flaming!  ;)

The Mystery Box

I just noticed that I have not posted to this blog since May. Opps!

Lately, I have taken to watching a lot of TED.com (best website ever for teachers, parents...people). I have been particularly inspired by J.J. Abram's talk. Mystery, participation, and creativity are the things that build school and community.

You should watch.

Or follow the link back to ted.com and watch a bunch more.

Wacky Web Tales

Kids today have it easy. Ohhh, when I was a wee lad we had to learn parts of speech with endless worksheets.

"Underline the noun with blue, circle the verb with red, draw a green box around the adjective...or was it the adverb?"

"Mrs. Cunningham, I can't find my yellow crayon!"

Well, I think I have found a more interesting way to practice this skill, more specifically, Education Place has found it (I just put a link to it on my website).  The students enter in singular nouns, verbs, present tense verbs, etc. into the fields to make a goofy story; copy it into a blog post; and use Tux Paint to make a picture to go with it.  Check out a sample here.

Bah! Maybe I'll give the little whipper snippers some worksheets on these skills next week!