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Lists, Lists, Everywhere are Lists

I am a list person. I think in lists. I stay organized with bulleted lists. Lists, lists, lists… To do this month: Get back into blogging mode! Read Organizational Culture and Leadership chapters before class at the end of the … Continue reading

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Flagged for More Follow Up

A year ago I wrote a post about blogs that I had flagged for follow-up. Since then I have flagged hundreds of more blog posts (literally hundreds – I just found the easy way to see all my flags in my … Continue reading

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Blogiversary

My blog turns two this month! Feel free to click back here to read my reflections after one year of blogging. I continue to be amazed by where this journey has taken me over the last two years. Since I … Continue reading

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[Abecedary of Reflection] X Marks the Spot

X: X Marks the Spot This may not be the best x word for my abecedary, nor the best use of the familiar phrase, but it has meaning to me (and it’s my alphabetic journey and my friend Barb modeled … Continue reading

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[Abecedary of Reflection] Voice

V: Voice One of the best parts about blogging is that it provides me with a chance to find my voice as a writer. I’ve written before about how important I think it is for for learners (both children and … Continue reading

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Things I’m Loving Friday, Volume 5

I enjoy sharing a quick list of the learning and leading (and some fun) “things” that are capturing my attention, sparking my curiosity, or pushing my thinking. I love reading Barb’s versions as well! I would love it if you … Continue reading

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Fear of Writing

Lately I have seen versions of this phrase used over and over again (mostly in Slice of Life blogs!): In order to be a teacher of writing, one must be a writer.  While I was unable to participate in the SOL … Continue reading

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Things I’m Loving Friday, Volume 2

This is my leadership and learning spin on a popular post (here and here). Volume One can be found here. Things I’m Loving Right Now: Protocols:  I have been using pre-made and self-developed protocols for looking at student work, designing learning tasks, … Continue reading

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Exhausted

I am exhausted.   For awhile I felt guilty thinking this, much less writing it. But then I actually stopped and thought about all I am doing lately and I got exhausted just making the mental list. I thought that … Continue reading

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[Mentor Text Monday] Blogs & Pictures

I’m taking this mentor text in a different direction today. Since this is a blog post, I’m going to demonstrate how I use another writer’s blog as a mentor text for my own blog post. Barb’s post on using pictures … Continue reading

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