April 2009 - Posts
This morning, I asked my Twitter and blogging friends the simple question: Why do you teach? While most of the responses came in via Twitter (limited to 140 characters), some also came in through the comments. What I found in my nonscientific cross sampling
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I posted this tweet on Twitter, but I want to ask all of you: @sywtt : In 140 characters or less: Why do you teach? Respond either on Twitter, comments, or email. Also share with your friends. I’d love to hear the responses too! I’ll publish my list soon
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Here are some quick things that you can do with now that will help you fall further behind in your workload. MySpace Facebook Check your email Edit your blog design Check your blog stats Catch up on RSS Watch TV Watch a movie Take a nap Drive around aimlessly
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This blog is about sharing ideas. The ideas and conversation are far more important than me personally. For that reason, you are hereby free to take any articles or comments that I (Joel) personally have produced for So You Want To Teach?and use them
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Recently, Holly left a comment that brought out a few points. I wanted my readers to address her question, and so I posted that question. In the process of doing so, I realized that her comment (and a few others lately) raised a key question for me as
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Holly writes: I am a nineteen year old (3rd yr) secondary education student (yrs 8-12 ) at the University of Queensland in Australia. I have read the above comments and would love with your permission to use some of your comments as a reference (In which
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Joel, thanks for letting us write a guest post on your blog. This site is a great source for educators who want meaningful information with a down-to-earth touch. For Joel’s regular readers, thanks for taking your time time to read this post. I want to
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This post has absolutely nothing to do with teaching or education. It’s totally about blogging. More specifically, WordPress. If you have not yet discovered the wonders of WordPress, I recommend checking it out sometime. With that disclaimer out of the
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I’ve tried a few times to have a links page, but it never seems to be up-to-date and the way that WordPress has set up to add links is a bit cumbersome. I am opening this blog’s Link page up to you the readers. Please keep in mind that I will be editing
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I got a comment on this post yesterday that I wanted to address more in-depth tonight. I posted a teaser this morning to see what kind of responses the community would come up. So far, I have read some incredible (and almost all positive) pointers. I’ve
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I got a comment on one of my articles about quitting teaching last night that touched my heart. I will respond to her more in depth later on today, but I don’t have time right now to get back except for briefly. I thought I would use the opportunity to
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New readers are coming to this blog all the time. As a new reader, the comments below will show you some of the many ways that reading this blog can be beneficial for you! I have received a large number of comments and emails from people who tell me that
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When I first read Mashable’s article 10 Ways Twitter Will Change Blog Design in 2009 , I was a bit reluctant to buy in. I mean, I had heard of Twitter before. I even got a Twitter account way back over a year ago. But I didn’t really explore it much,
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It all started innocently enough. As a band director, I have been to numerous rehearsals of orchestras, jazz bands, mariachis, bands, and even choirs. So when Mr. Teacher (of www.learnmegood.com ) asked me if I wanted to join him for choir practice ,
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When I first started out, I was living by myself far away from home. I didn’t have any friends in the community outside of the school. And those were either other band directors or band parents. I didn’t do anything to really try to keep in contact with
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Since nobody commented on it, I am not sure that anyone really caught on that Wednesday’s post was an April Fools Day joke. It was actually written by The Scholastic Scribe . I don’t normally rant in real life, and I’m not about to start doing so on my
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This just in to the Scholastic Scribe newsroom… Mrs. Scribe has finally lost it. After one too many inservices , smarty pants Cherubs & general malaise, she’s finally gone & done it. She’s Mad as Hell & She Might Not Be Able to Take It Anymore. A little
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