Slice of Life Tuesday: I’m Sorry, You’ve Been Disconnected!
This morning I am wondering how many of our high school students are feeling. The school is instituting a new (changed) policy on cell phone usage. As I understand it,…
Tag: student learning
A Turtle Steals the Show!
Today, I presented nine times on prairies! In the morning, I saw four kindergarten classes. I like students of all ages, including kindergarten. The weather was fine, although a little…
Imbuing Excitement
The following post is a reprint of a paper I wrote five years ago this spring, during my very first course for graduate studies in the field of Environmental Education.…
Slice of Life Tuesday: Advanced Educational Psychology, A Post for Educators
Over the weekend I arrived home from a brief vacation in Southern California. My sister was a DNP conference with her students. I tagged along with her, and was able…
Qualities of Leadership Series: #2 Resilience
What do you consider important for students to know? Is it the content in your class? Is it how to apply that content to everyday life? Or, might it be…
Does New Educational Lingo Impede Progress?
Every few years, new educational buzzwords seem to surface. I remember first noticing this when we were in the third year of running a district wide Parent Support Group for…
Lessons from a Home Maker Space
Just over a year ago, my husband bought a 3D printer for our house. Really, it was bought for my 18-year-old who will graduate from HS in a few months.…
An Enrichment Post: Those Amazingly Awe- Inspiring Carnivorous Plants!
One of the best gifts I received this holiday season was a PBS documentary video called, “Plants Behaving Badly”, in which two types of amazing plants – orchids and carnivorous plants…
