Good Stuff

If you are anything like me, I am sure that you have days at work when you sit back and wonder “Why am I doing this?” or ponder thoughts like “I should be selling beach toys to tourists.” Lets face it, it happens to all of us from time to time. We allow our emotions, [...]

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A colleague recently asked me how I set up the WA Mash Twitter account so that it allowed for students to be able to post to that account. While I feel strongly that Twitter needs to find a way to set up groups, waiting for that to happen may have you waiting a long time. [...]

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Lately, most of my time has been spent working with my creative writing students on the development of a new online magazine called “WA Mash” (Worcester Academy Mashup) and in short, it has re-energized my teaching practice. In 1996 I began my first year of teaching and was given as part of my teaching load, [...]

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Ok so this post is coming to you from my iPod Touch and the new Wordpress app. I can add multiple blog accounts so my personal blog and WA Mash are both available.
It’s very, very nice.

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Here is a recap of some great posts on education, technology, creativity and other interesting ideas floating out in the blogosphere.
Philosophy of Education
Technology in the classroom can also increase the productivity of the teacher and make instruction flow much smoother! For productivity, the teacher can use technology to communicate with students, parents, other teachers, …
Jessica [...]

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If you are anything like me, the end of the school year is marked by key moments and regular rituals intended to assist in the ushering in of summer. So my box of summer books arrived from Amazon today. Most of these books I have not read yet. I hope to write thoughts and reflections [...]

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