Today’s blogs I’ve read and commented on–one is new and one I’ve been to before! Enjoy!
Sarah Woodard (@scwoodard)
Blogs at Teaching Practice…Not Teaching Perfect
Post: TeachingIs
Dave Mulder (@d_mulder)
Blogs at iTeach and iLearn
Post: Grading? Correcting? Marking?
Feliz Cinco de Mayo, Amigos!
Today’s blogs I’ve read and commented on:
Beth Steinen (@bethsteinen)
Blogs at The Masteinen 6th Grade Social Studies Classroom – I enjoyed looking at Beth’s classroom blog. She tells what they are learning and class leaders. I like the questions she writes that gets kids talking about geography and history around the dinner table.
Post: Genius Hour Prezi
Update on 6 May: Beth started a teacher blog, Learn.Grow.Change, with a beautiful inaugural post, “What Do I Have to Celebrate Today?”
Jen Bloomingdale (@BloomingEdu)
Blogs at Blooming Edu: Supporting Educators as they Grow their Practice
Post: “#edblogaday, May 4th: What do I have to Celebrate today?‘” – Jen is celebrating the adjustments she made to the eCourse she’s teaching. Jen is a lifelong reflective educator.
Today’s picks for great new blog posts I’ve read and commented on:
Garnet Hillman (@garnet_hillman)
Blogs at Garnet Hillman: Thoughts from the trenches on being a lead learner
Post: “Sowing the Seeds of Success”
Bethany Hill (@bethhill2829)
Blogs at Communicate, Coach, Care: The Central Purpose
Post: “The Heart of A Teacher”
Jennifer Ward (@jenniferward)
Blogs at Teacher Et Cetera
Post: “TeachingIs“
Today’s picks for great posts I’ve read and commented on:
Tammy Neil (@MathNeil)
Blogging at Teaching Now: Great Teachers Learn
Post: “You’re Welcome”
Sean Farnum (@MagicPantsJones)
Blogging at Mr. Farnum’s EdBlog
Post: “Duck on a Bike”
Meredith Towne (@BklynMeredith)
Blogging at Towne Hall
Post: “Why We Love Spring (And You Should Too) #edblogaday“
Today’s picks for the posts I’ve read and commented on:
Laura Coughlin (@CoughlinLaura)
Blogging at Coaching Corner
Post: “What About Late Work?”
Sheri Edwards (@grammasheri)
Blogging at Ask What Else?
Post: “#edblogaday 1 Lots of C’s”
Patrick Goff (@BMSscienceteach)
Blogging at PatrickGoff1
Post: “How I Assess the Cross-Cutting Concepts”
More info about the Next Generation Science Standards he mentions: Crosscutting Concepts PDF
For the #EdBlogADay challenge, I decided to read a blog post (or a few) and comment each day. However, I thought I might share those posts here, so my readers can also check out some new blogs.
Today’s picks:
JoAnn Jacobs (@JoAnnJacobs68)
Blogging at Learning is Forever
Post: “The Effects of Blogging or Why Do It?”
Penny Christensen (@Pen63)
Blogging at Hot Lunch Tray
Post: “Why is Blogging Important to Teaching and Learning?”
Allison Hogan (@AllisonHoganEDU)
Blogging at Primer at the Episcopal School of Dallas
Post: “May Blog A Day“
How has #AprilBlogADay impacted your practice?
During the month of April:
I did plenty of other things too, but I won’t list them all, thank goodness!
One of the things I realized is that I can write a small amount in a short time. It’s not always eloquent or inspiring, but I can write. I can even dare to post it.
After a very lean blogging year, I have again become inspired. In April, I have read more, thought more, learned more and written more about my craft of teaching than I had in a long time. I believe #AprilBlogADay has kick-started my blog, and for that I’m very grateful.
Next month, I will join the #EdBlogADay group, but I will participate as a reader and commenter. I will also post an occasional blog post. My average used to be around 3-4 in a month; I think that is doable in May.
Thanks to Chris Crouch (@the_explicator) for initiating this challenge.
Your History of Learning – What have been your greatest learning experiences? (I’m going to tweak this a bit. I’ve learned some valuable lessons, but they’ve happened over a lifetime, not just experiences I can name.)
Two more days of #AprilBlogADay. I’m making it! I really didn’t think I would do it every single day in April! Yippee!
That’s one thing I’ve learned, perseverance. To carry on and keep going. Even when the road gets rough. Like when I was crawling into bed and forgot to write a blog post on April 20, I managed to stand up and turn around and write a really short one. I live by the you-need-to-eat-an-elephant-a-bite-at-a-time philosophy. Just keep on going…
Another thing I’ve learned I already wrote about here on Day 27. Over the years, I have learned to let go and become the chief learner in my life, in my faith, and in my teaching. It has made all the difference.
Another learning that has transformed my life is to choose grace and forgiveness, rather than judgment and bitterness.
