Tick-Tock, Don't Stare at the Clock
My worst fear has come true—I have let the clock in the classroom eat me alive. In other words, I have thought about my own timing as I...
All Eyes (and Ears) on Me
Teachers are not actors, but they do have an audience every day, and they have a lot more control over their audience in the classroom...
Not the Loudest Voice in the Room
Most teachers I've had over the years have been able to project their voices loud enough for an entire room full of kids to hear. They...
Twin Teaching: Life in the Clone Zone
This morning, my mentor teacher greeted me and asked me if I wanted to teach a lesson today, and I said yes. She assured me that I would...
It's Not My Classroom...Is It?
When I walked into the school on Thursday, January 11th, the principal introduced herself and shook my hand in the hallway. My mentor...
Collaborative Study Tools: Lessons Learned from Padlet
My American Literature teacher introduced our class to an online application, Padet, my sophomore year of college. It looked relatively...
Down the Rabbit Hole of Bullet Journals: From Book to PDF
In October 2017, I started my first bullet journal. 74 pages later, I had gotten through half of the book in the course of one semester...
Student Teaching: Fears, Hopes, and Forgiveness
Four years ago, I was told I would student teach my senior year. It was a long way away, and I just tried to get through my undergraduate...
