Leading From The HeartDennis Harter writes: We concern ourselves with the big goals and forget the small goals. We don’t have, often enough, the conversations that allow students to connect with us and us with them. The conversations that show how much we value them and their thoughts. I commented on this in the original post, but I … don’t forget the human connection
I came across this quote on Cool Cat Teacher Blog this morning: “We teach what we know; we reproduce who we are.” Robert Schmidgall As I read this quote I am overcome with a sense of responsibility towards my students and my profession. I am also reminded that so much of what I teach is … teaching responsibly
What does literacy look like in your content area? Ooh…what a great question! It is difficult for me to pinpoint an answer for this one. I am a high school learning centre teacher. In Quebec, that means I teach students who have language-based disabilities as well as more severe cognitive delays. So literacy is my … A question from Scott Elias
I had never heard of a blog carnival before last week when I read about this one on Scott McLeod’s Dangerously Irrelevant. A blog carnival is a way of culling together blog posts around a shared theme: “The goal is to bring the educational blogging community together, to explore themes from a wide variety of … 2nd Educational Technology Blog Carnival
**Kartoo Visual search for paraeducators** (type paraeducator in the search field, click on the mindmap key) The idea of extra help in the classroom is becoming more and more a reality for many classroom teachers. As we move away from stand alone resource room models towards inclusion for students with needs there is a recognition … Collaboration for student success: teachers and para-educators working together