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Open House
Thank you to all of you who came out today to visit Chestnut St. It was wonderful to have the opportunity to meet so many of you and welcome you to what will be a fantastic journey together. I also want to thank the PTA representatives who took time out of their busy schedules to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Writing and Thinking About Writing
I enjoy reading many blogs. I began a blog last year that spoke about my passion at the time, math. The teaching and the attempt to understand student learning is still a passion but I have a different role this year in school and it has taken me in various directions. I stopped blogging because [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Blogging and Wireless on Long Island
A couple of articles have come out over the past two days in Newsday that relate to vacation blogging and Long Island’s plan for wireless access for all.
In “Blogging your vacation keeps loved ones in touch” by Beth Whitehouse, the author describes her use of logs to keep others in the loop of their [...]
Personal Start-up Pages
Personal start-up pages or PSP’s are a good way to organize what read/write/do on the internet. There are a few different ones out there and probably even a few more that I am not aware of. Currently I am using Pageflakes and Netvibes. As well, there is IGoogle and MyYahoo. I [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Opening Day
Close your eyes and inhale. Can you smell the earthiness of the field, the leather of the glove? Yes it is here again, Opening Day-When Time Begins. Baseball is still the national pastime. And what better way to celebrate, the Mets and the best pitcher in baseball open up with a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Choices
Our choices to teach can be
A. N
B. C
C. L
D. B
or a response to student needs and interests.
Which do you think he is involved in?
Hi-Ho-Hi-Ho it’s off to grade tests I go…
I will be spending the next three school days grading N.Y.S. Mathematics Exams. Tomorrow is fourth grade, then fifth and on Tuesday sixth. Time well spent?!?!?! For the students sake, I hope every student hits a home-run. But in the end, it was, is, and will continue [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Diigo-Bookmarking and a whole lot more
Let me start off by saying that I have been using del.icio.us for some time now as my bookmarking tool. It is functional and it serves me well. Recently I discovered Diigo which has a lot more features available to the user. Wow is what I have to say right off the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Now That is Funny
Found this at Teaching College Math. It makes you laugh and think.
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