Red Light….GREEN LIGHT!
Recently I attended a training on Formative Assessment with Dylan Wiliam. He is well-known in educational circles as THE guru of Formative Assessment. So I was pretty excited to spend […]
Fighting the Sun for my Students’ Attention
Few events get your students as excited as natural phenomena. A crazy hail storm in the spring, the first snow of the season, or a high magnitude earthquake could all […]
Wikipedia-Wicked or Wonderful?
Professional Development can be the most maddening hours you spend as a teacher or it can lift you to new heights, make your head explode, and completely change the way […]
To Vaccinate or not to Vaccinate-My story
Almost 8 years ago, we had a child. We never thought of ourselves as “earthy-crunchy.” We didn’t intend to go all natural, attachment, or organic. As parents, we just listened […]
I am a Target
I hesitate to write this. But what else do you do when the fear builds up inside you to a breaking point. At times I feel like my paranoia gets […]
The Year in Review-My favorite reads of 2014
It is New Years Day 2015. Rather than bore you with my stats from last year that the helper monkeys at Word Press produced, I thought I would suggest a […]
Stopping By the Woods on a Snowy Afternoon
It has been awhile since we have seen proper snow near our house in Germany. Last year we only received a light dusting, a tease of snow. The warm mild […]
Is it ever OK to be on Twitter or Facebook at work?
“Mrs. Ralf, I found you on Twitter this weekend and noticed you posted during school hours last week.” Hmm. How should I respond to this? At first, I felt a […]
What’s all the fuss about ClassDojo?
Recently the New York Times published an article bashing an app for education called ClassDojo. I was quite shocked at the negative tone in the article. Teachers were being accused […]
Kids today…
Lately, I have been frustrated. I wonder, have these types of kids always been in my classroom, or is this a troubling new trend? Why can’t some students seem to […]
