anyone who tells me baseball players aren’t athletes will promptly be shown this photo.
misseducation: Get your summer reading list together!!
Half.com is offering FREE SHIPPING on all of its books via code FREESHIP! (You have to buy at least $10 of books and can take off a max of $25 for shipping- but most of the cost on Half.com is shipping, so this is an amazing code!) So I bought some organization books (some for home, some for…
I love you all! Thank you for putting up with my bad days and my good. And teaching me what it means to be a teacher.
So true. :)
medieval awesomeness
Among the many medieval plague victims recently unearthed near Venice, Italy, one reportedly had never-before-seen evidence of an unusual affliction: being “undead. The partial body and skull of the woman showed her jaw forced open by a brick (above)—an exorcism technique used on suspected vampires.
Vampires were thought by some to be causes of plagues, so the superstition took root that shroud-chewing was the “magical way” that vampires spread pestilence. Inserting objects—such as bricks and stones—into the mouths of alleged vampires was thought to halt the disease. MORE.
A woman teaching geometry, from a 14th century illustration attributed to Abelard of Bath
In this 14th century illustration from a copy of Euclid’s Elements, a woman is shown holding a compass and square, teaching geometry to a group of monks.
細雪: Dear teachers that are teaching without legitimate teaching background (ie: "Teach For America" and "Teach Abroad"...
I find this type of “Education Major” snobbery a little repulsive.
maybe when you actually enter a classroom instead of safely teaching from behind your books without children, parents, or administrators you will see that not everything is as cut and dry as it may seem.
Interesting enough, I actually agree with this person’s point. It is valid and something that should be considered. Too bad their pompous attitude and entitlement is so off putting that the true message is lost.
Uploading onto your Facebook photographs of your students is inappropriate.
As a matter of fact, in most cases (speaking from the United States- not sure about laws/rules in any other countries), you are not even allowed to take photographs of your students without explicit parental consent (we…
Teachers in Tiaras: Google Forms
Google Docs is an incredible and somewhat underused resource. Dr. Ryan Visser, an educational technology professor at both Clemson and Anderson University, really helped me realize all of the possible uses of Google Docs. The most valuable resource to me is by far Google Forms. I attached a very…
