It’s Been a Minute Teachingfromhere.com has been quiet for the past few years. So much has happened that kept me from writing and sharing my journey and there are so many ideas bouncing through my head right now. Let us reset and have a mini-relaunch of this blog space. But …
So…If you have read this blog before, you know that I am a flipclass teacher. What you may not know is that I have some confessions to make – enough confessions that my colleague Kristina Stevenson and I created a professional development session. And we had the good fortune to …
I had the amazing opportunity to share an Ignite Talk at iPadpaloozaOU. It was an honor that I will never forget. Jun Kim captured it on Periscope. My forever thanks to him and the iPadpaloozaOU team!
Happy Teacher Challenge! The Amazing Teacher Days Challenge! Happy new school year! Many of you have just started or will be starting the 2017-18 school year! What better way to kick off the year than take the 30 Day Happy Teacher Challenge! Print the Happy Teacher Challenge and paste it in your …
It has been a long time since my last blog post. One of the things all of those blogging/social media websites say is most important is the frequency with which you blog. Oops. It is not for lack of wanting to share, more like exactly what…New Stuff is coming. The …
Ongoing Issues Another year, another reason not to increase funding for education in Oklahoma. I am so frustrated. What needs to happen for our elected representatives to figure out how important an educated society is? And there are more looming shortfalls in revenue – monies that schools budgeted to spend …
Thank you for listening to OklaSaid – The #Oklaed Podcast! We are glad you are here! This podcast will be updated weekly after each #oklaed chat. Topics will vary, as the topics of #oklaed vary. We welcome you every Sunday at 8:00 p.m. CST for one of the fastest hours …
Coming up on tonight – 5 March – the #oklaed chat will focus on challenging yourself. The idea here is to identify something in your practice that would be a bold new step for you to take. Be intentional here. Think outside the box. Don’t do something crazy just to …
I recently received a survey from my state representative seeking input on how to address issues that face the Oklahoma Legislature. Here is his survey exactly as it reads from the mailer: The 2017 Oklahoma Legislative Session Begins February 6. The main issues expected are: I. Oklahoma budget. We face …
One of the books that I read this semester was Diane Ravitch’s Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America’s Public Schools. Below is an infographic. Enjoy.