The “boot” camp started yesterday at the local gym. I have always worked out, so I thought ramping up a notch would be an excellent start to a new style of exercise. Little did I know I would be the oldest in the class, by twenty years, and with lots of ”workout” queens. I arrived
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1 Comment » Thirty years ago, if teachers had COLORED chalk for their chalkboard, it was considered “high tech.” Today teachers have still cameras, voice recorders, flip cameras, iPod Touch devices, card readers, tripods, iPads, and other tech equipment to manage and teach – all at the same time.This can be an “eighteen-ring” circus managing and teaching with
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I just finished directing six DIFFERENT casts of Wonka with 117 fifth through eighth graders. This was a life-changing experience for many of them. You see I follow the Randy Pausch theory of “brain-fake.” He states that you get students to learn something they really don’t think they are learning. Since I want every student
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