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FINAL BLOG POST - OUR "DAILY TRIPLE" (DUE 12/1).

This week I would like you to use your imagination. You have just won the lottery and will leave your teaching post immediately to travel around the world. As you leave your keys you meet your replacement. You are asked to give this new teacher just ONE piece of advice. What would that be, and why? Enjoy your world expedition!

Blog Post - Week 7

This past week in my own teaching I felt a little disconnected which prompts my question to you, "What was the moment (or moments) when I felt most disconnected or disengaged as a teacher - the moment(s) I said to myself, I'm just going through the motions here?"

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 6

For the past couple of weeks you have experienced asynchronous online learning (doing modules by yourself). Previously this semester you have experienced synchronous online learning (all together in the Collaborate room). Which do you think is more effective and why do you think that? Which do you like better, and why?

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 5

This week we have what we call "open mic." You can write a post about anything related to your teaching that you would like responses from your classmates.

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 4

Here is this week's question: "What was the event that most took me surprise this week - and event that shook me up, caught me off guard, gave me a jolt, or made me unexpectedly happy?"

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 3

Please write a post about the following question, "In thinking about my past week teaching what is one thing I would do differently, and why?"

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 2

Please write a post about the following question, " In thinking about my teaching activities this past week, of what do I feel most proud? Why?"

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 1

Describe something you used in your program in the first weeks of school that you learned in the summer NTI program. How did it work? Did it get you off to a stronger start than last year?

Thursday, January 24, 2008

This week as I was walking out of the main office when the school's resource officer stopped me to talk. He was telling me about wanting to get his degree and become a Public Safety Instructor in the school. He has enrolled in school and is ready to get started. He said that he is so excited and he has been watching what I have been doing with my kids and my program and he feels that I am doing a wonderful job. He said he has been thinking of things that he wants to do for the kids when he becomes a teacher. He said that his ideas have come to him from seeing what my kids have accomplished the past two years. This really made me feel good. It made me feel that maybe I am making a difference. I sure hope so!

4 comments:

jjumack said...: It is good to know that someone is always watching even when we don't realize. keep up the good work.; January 25, 2008 at 9:53:00 AM EST
Julie J. said...: Excellent job Tracey! You know, we always worry about what the kids see us doing but have we ever stopped to consider the influence we have on the other adults in the building?; January 26, 2008 at 4:03:00 PM EST
Connie said...: That is wonderful, Tracy!
Yes, I agree with Julia and Julie. Someone is always observing and being influenced by what we do. Even if we don't even know they are. Or not even thinking about it.; January 26, 2008 at 8:15:00 PM EST
JaJuan said...: If they continue to overload and place behavioral problem students in my class, tell him you may know of a potential job opening!..ha!

Good job! keep up the good work,...actions really do speak louder than words!; January 28, 2008 at 2:57:00 PM EST