Jennifer Wolfe's Blog, page 5
July 14, 2019
Travel Planning With Kids
There are few things that are more fun to do than make travel plans with your kids. We look forward to spending time with them daydreaming about vacations, whether real or imagined, and then talking over all that you would want to get up to. It is so much fun and always fascinating to see what they will come up […]
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June 23, 2019
WeVideo – Creating Audio and Video Projects on Chromebooks
WeVideo is one of my favorite EdTech tools – I’ve written about how I used WeVideo to record student podcasts with my 8th graders – you can read it on this post. Now, there’s a new WeVideo book called “WeVideo Every Day: 40 Strategies to Deepen Learning in Any Class” by Dr. Nathan D. Lang-Raad, and my podcasting lesson is […]
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June 9, 2019
Good Reads From My Best Read Books – March/April/May 2019
I’ve had some good reads in March, April and May – books that have made me think, act, disappear and relax. I’ve had a few that kept me up too late at night, and some that I couldn’t wait to dive into when I got home from teaching in the afternoons. I’m up from 13 books in my January/February post, […]
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May 27, 2019
Mental Health: Teaching Teens They Are Strong
This year has been hard, and I’m end-of-the-year-teacher-tired. I’m absolutely on my last nerve – not with my students, though. Actually, they’re the brightest part of my day. I soak in their smiles, their hugs, their laughter and desire to please. It’s about teaching teens about mental health. I teach middle school. 7th – 8th – 9th grade. And […]
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April 24, 2019
Wakelet – A Cool Tool For Student Work Submission!
So what is Wakelet? Wakelet is a relatively new technology tool that, while not originally designed for education, has become the HOT ticket in curation, collaboration, awesome sharing of ideas, projects and big dreams, and most recently, a cool tool for student work submission! Think mash up: Pinterest, Padlet, Google folders… Wakelet is ‘a way to save, curate and share […]
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April 13, 2019
Grandma’s Dutch Baby Pancake Recipe – Easter Recipes From The Heart
If you read my earlier post, you know I’ve been kind of dreading Easter this year. I mean, what is it all about if there aren’t little kids (or any kids) around to search for eggs, dive into Easter candy and make a fancy meal together? In order to not be seen as completely pathetic, I PROMISE I will at […]
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April 6, 2019
Student Engagement With MultiMedia Text Sets
Have you heard of multimedia text sets? Student engagement is definitely an education buzz word right now! All over the country, teachers and administrators search for tools, activities, and lessons to increase student engagement and create classroom opportunities for kids to respond actively, not passively, to instruction. For the last 18 years, we’ve been talking about 21st-century education. It’s time […]
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March 30, 2019
The ‘Clutter-Be-Gone’ Mindset
What is your relationship to clutter? Clutter isn’t just about what’s stuffed into corners of your bookshelves, or trampled on the floor of your closed. It’s not only about organizing drawers or giving the garage a super-good clean out. Really, that kind of physical clutter is pretty simple to deal with. You either get rid of it, or you shove […]
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March 27, 2019
Do You Remember Those Plastic Easter Egg Adventures?
~ Easter eggs already? This is the first Easter since I became a mom that I will have no children at home. No egg hunt. No Easter baskets – except for the treats I mailed to Boston and Park City. Nada. Not sure I’ll even get any decorations out… I’ve been dreading Easter thinking of Easter for months…of course, this […]
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March 14, 2019
Breakthrough-Clearing Out The Clutter of Life
I’m sitting on a plane, 33,000 feet up somewhere between California and Texas, when it begins. My travel partner, Amy, sinks into the seat beside me with a contented mix of exhaustion and resignation and falls into a deep sleep. As I quickly push through the last few days’ worth of newspapers tucked in my carry on, the inability to access my […]
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