http://dani849.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ en Vox Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:18:56 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/advice-for-1st-years.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Dani) http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/advice-for-1st-years.html?_c=feed-rss http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/advice-for-1st-years.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:18:56 -0700 What do 1st yrs need to know before coming down? Where to start.... First of all, I want to say that I am very excited for the first years. They are about to get rocked!! (in a good way, of course!) MTC has been a wonderful experience for m... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/advice-for-1st-years.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e7305d8be2b00e398f47b7c0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/557-manifesto---educational-technology.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Dani) http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/557-manifesto---educational-technology.html?_c=feed-rss http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/557-manifesto---educational-technology.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:58:04 -0700 I. According to Hooper and Reiber, educational technology can often be misunderstood and misconstrued in a classroom. The purpose of educational technology is to place the student at the center of learning; the student “becomes the subject rath... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/557-manifesto---educational-technology.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e7305d8be2b00f48d0c4e8f0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/where-to-start.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Dani) http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/where-to-start.html?_c=feed-rss http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/where-to-start.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:33:47 -0800 So much has happened since the last time I blogged that I don't even know where to start! First of all, time is flying! It really doesn't feel like that long ago that I was home for Christmas, and now there are less than three weeks left in the 3... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/where-to-start.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e7305d8be2b00e398de0cdd0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/post.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Dani) http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/post.html?_c=feed-rss http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/post.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:57:42 -0800 One of my students wrote an essay about me in her English class that the teacher shared with me. Some parts of the essay that made me smile: "My least favorite subject is math, but I have the coolest teacher, Ms. Hall! She has us play games, but ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/post.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e7305d8be2b00e398d27b760003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/merciless.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Dani) http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/merciless.html?_c=feed-rss http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/merciless.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:52:57 -0800 We won our basketball game by 58 points last night. We also scored 58 points. Yes, that's right. We won 58-0!!!!! Those are partly exclamation points for excitement and partly for sheer amazement that it is possible for a team to not scor... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/merciless.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e7305d8be2b00e398c43ef50002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/success-at-least-it-was.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Dani) http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/success-at-least-it-was.html?_c=feed-rss http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/success-at-least-it-was.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:22:17 -0800 I have had more success stories than failure stories, in general... One recent success story: There was a girl in my 3rd period class (seventh grade) that was trouble. She had moved here from Florida the second week of school and had an ATTIT... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/success-at-least-it-was.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e7305d8be2b00e398bbbe760003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/after-school-activities-a-must.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Dani) http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/after-school-activities-a-must.html?_c=feed-rss http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/after-school-activities-a-must.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 04 Nov 2007 19:25:32 -0800 There are a few pieces of advice I would give to a new teacher coming in to a new school...one of those being GET INVOLVED. I think part of the reason I'm having such a positive experience is because I got involved in extracurricular activities r... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/after-school-activities-a-must.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e7305d8be2b00e398ba30360001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/kids-say-the-darndest-things---part-ii.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Dani) http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/kids-say-the-darndest-things---part-ii.html?_c=feed-rss http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/kids-say-the-darndest-things---part-ii.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 04 Nov 2007 19:06:03 -0800 I LOVED the idea of the post of what my students do to make me laugh. Unfortunately, whenever I sit down to write this blog, I can't think of something specific that they do.... I'm going to write a couple that come to mind right now, and hopeful... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/kids-say-the-darndest-things---part-ii.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e7305d8be2b00e398ba4e4b0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/classroom-management-plan-evaluation.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Dani) http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/classroom-management-plan-evaluation.html?_c=feed-rss http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/classroom-management-plan-evaluation.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:16:38 -0700 I think my classroom management is getting better in some classes and worse in others. I thought maybe looking back on my classroom management plan for this assignment might help me figure out why... Here are some observations I made looking ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/classroom-management-plan-evaluation.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e7305d8be2b00e398b5f7a60001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/d.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Dani) http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/d.html?_c=feed-rss http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/d.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:48:39 -0700 I had a major feel-good moment today :) One of my softball girls wrote an essay about me for her English class. She (we'll call her M) and another one of my players (P) come into my classroom every morning before school to hang out and sometimes ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://dani849.vox.com/library/post/d.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e7305d8be2b00e398aec2320002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>