Category Archives: reflection
March Reading Update
This year I’m sharing the experiences I have reading. This month I reached my #read16in16 goal, but there are plenty more books on my to-be-read list! Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert -This book was on … Continue reading
Reflections on the value of a PLN
My first year of teaching I was blessed to work in a middle school where we worked on true interdisciplinary teams. I was the Spanish and Civics teacher on the team and my colleagues taught Math, Science, and English; we … Continue reading
My Beautiful Question
As I wrote about earlier this week, we are now in the middle of Question Week. One of the resources for individuals to consider is this article by Warren Berger, about forgetting a new years resolution and writing a beautiful … Continue reading
Question Week
Mark 13-19 is Question Week, according to Warren Berger. I appreciate that the site’s goal is to elevate the art of questioning, because “asking good questions helps us identify the right problem and generate creative solutions”. There are some … Continue reading
More Quotes That Resonate
As I read, I love to highlight lines that stand out to me. I shared a collection of quotes that resonated with me here. The quotes below have jumped off their pages and into my mind, bouncing off the … Continue reading
Find Your Big Magic
After reading Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear, I was inspired to create more. My preferred form of creativity is writing. Just as Gilbert advises, I write for me, because I love writing and writing loves me. I … Continue reading
February Reading Update
This year I am sharing the experience I have reading (or listening to audio versions!) a variety of books. In January I read six books. Here is what I read in February. A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman- I … Continue reading
Turning Talents into Strengths
Strengths are becoming a new theme on this blog. Three years ago I wrote Coming from a place of strengths, about my reflections on my first Strength Finder experience. A month ago I wrote Using your strengths at work . When I wrote … Continue reading
Rejuvinate
My focus word for 2016 is rejuvinate. While this is not something I consciously think about every day, I do make an effort to ask myself these questions when planning activities or making decisions that impact my schedule: Will this … Continue reading
Twitter Chats
I find Twitter chats to be so invigorating! If I could, I would persuade every educator in the world to participate in at least one chat (lifetime goal!). Because once you’ve experience one exciting chat, you are often hooked and … Continue reading
Reflections on Leadership and Learning 