Image via Wikipedia I really like my job so far. Even after the longest week ever. This week was our first full week, really, and this week, we also had Academic Evening for all levels, where we met the parents of our kids. I had to be present for two of the three evenings. Mr. [...]
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I have a cold. Officially. Mostly it’s in my throat and ears, though I have some sneezing and sniffling. And yesterday, I popped my head into school for more than a few minutes, so it’s official, I’m a teacher. I’m sort of bummed that I’m under the weather at this particular moment. It makes it [...]
This past week, I’ve begun planning my courses in earnest. I’ve had ideas in my head, made some notes, etc. Now I’m really in the thick of it. I have four classes–6th, 7th, 8th & 9th grades. The middle school classes meet once a week while the high school class meets twice a week. The [...]
Image via Wikipedia For the last 3 days, I’ve been at MIT at a Creative Computing workshop. I applied for this a while back in hopes of getting some ideas for using Scratch in my classes. I got a lot more than that. You know how you go to a workshop on using technology a, [...]