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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
I recently read the book, "Teach Like Your Hair's On Fire," by Rafe Esquith, an interesting book about an unconventional teacher who has been able to glean from his experiences several "tried and true" techniques that he has found great success with. Other things that he does, most of us ...
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Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
I say many times to my students, "I will probably learn more this year than you will."
This past summer (2007) was certainly a learning experience for me. I went with my wife and son and the rest of the team from our church to a church in Mexico for week ...
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Sunday, August 5th, 2007
I recently led a workshop where I shared the following joke. It went over well, and those at the workshop encouraged me to post it on my blog, so.....here it is:
Backing up your work
Once upon a time, it was decided to have a contest of the greatest religious leaders in ...
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Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
The following list is from How to Really Parent Your Child, by Ross Campbell. I read this book with my own son in mind, but it's certainly something that can apply to our role as teachers, as well.
Very thought provoking and challenging...
Truths about parenting
1. Our children are, after all, children.
2. Therefore, they ...
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Thursday, February 8th, 2007
Here's a quick mneumonic a friend of mine shared with me. For those of you that teach the quadratic equation, this will help your students to memorize it. I found it rather amusing...
There was a negative boy who couldn’t decide whether or not to go to a radical party.
The boy ...
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Sunday, January 14th, 2007
This is another one of those things that I've held on to for years. In 1987, my Jr. High teacher, Mr. Raymond gave us this as a "Final Exam." It was a great little zinger to throw to those of us who are used to seeing past the surface of ...
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Sunday, January 14th, 2007
This is another one of those scraps of paper that I found while cleaning up around my house. Some of you teachers might like this, especially those that spend any amount of time teaching students how to spell. I believe I saw a similar kind of thing (maybe in an ...
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Sunday, January 14th, 2007
I know that it's officially no longer the Christmas season, but I was cleaning up around the house, since we are planning to move soon, and I found a sheet of paper with the following list of Christmas carols "in other words."
This isn't the only such list that I have ...
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Saturday, December 23rd, 2006
I just ran across this:
http://verizonmath.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp0HyxQv97Q&eurl=
This is a recording of a customer support call to Verizon wireless. The issue is whether 0.002 CENTS is different from 0.002 DOLLARS. The Verizon rep doesn't seem to understand this. The infinitely patient, yet persistent, caller tries to explain this to the rep. Depending on ...
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Saturday, October 7th, 2006
Those that know me and my computer-using idiosyncracies know that I am a huge fan of keyboard shortcuts, or hotkeys.
A friend/colleague asked me recently to write up a list of them so that she could remember them. "It's not fair!" she said, "How do you know all of those ...
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