Jennifer Wolfe's Blog, page 8
July 30, 2018
Plan A Class Field Trip – The Results Will Be Transformative!
Hands up – who wants to take a whole class of kids on a field trip to New York, also known as the Big Apple? No? What about another big city? Field trips ARE a lot of work, and even more stress, but you can run an educational trip to New York (or modify thisRead More
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July 23, 2018
Hyperdoc PD: It’s What’s Happening This Summer!
Hyperdoc PD – have you heard of it? It’s summertime, with days free from bells and lesson delivery and grading, maybe you have a little more time to catch up on PD? Personally, I love ‘pajama PD’ – PD I can do from my backyard garden table, while waiting to catch a plane, or atRead More
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July 17, 2018
Understanding Our Backstory – A Little Kindness Goes A Long Way
Understanding Our Backstory – A Little Kindness Goes A Long Way “It is quite true what philosophy says; that life must be understood backwards. But one forgets the other principle: that is must be lived forwards.” – Soren Kierkegaard I was the second person to board the very early morning flight from Chicago to RaleighRead More
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July 9, 2018
It’s A Purge Party – And You’re Invited!
Back in May, a few weeks before school let out for the summer, I decided I needed to have a purge party. In the last 27 years, you see, I’ve taught a huge variety of curriculum and grades, I’ve gone from overhead projectors to DLP to Chromebooks and devices, and yet my paper files wereRead More
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July 2, 2018
Podcast In The Classroom With WeVideo – Get Started Today!
Podcast In The Classroom With WeVideo – Get Started Today! I just finished filming a Google hangout with WeVideo for their Video Creator Rockstars group about how to use it to podcast in the classroom (blush) and it was so much fun, I wanted to share some of my podcasting tips with you! The theory behindRead More
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June 26, 2018
5 Tips For An Awesome Solo Staycation
Everyone Needs A Solo Staycation It’s finally summer – teachers know that we’ve logged our hours towards summer vacation on all those afternoon unpaid meetings, late nights spent grading, weekends logged on to the computer creating lesson plans, and working through our lunch hours. One strategy I’ve used to keep centered as I raise twoRead More
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June 23, 2018
How to Fit Exercise into Your Day
How to Fit Exercise into Your Day With people’s busy lives, trying to fit in time to exercise can be difficult. It isn’t always that you don’t want to, it can often be that you... Read more How to Fit Exercise into Your Day
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June 14, 2018
Four Agreements and Trying To Be Real
The Four Agreements and Trying To Be Real Have you read The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz? I just finished my second read – I often re-read books in different periods of my life... Read more Four Agreements and Trying To Be Real
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May 21, 2018
The Holocaust and Big Questions For Our Children
We’re studying the Holocaust. I knew it was coming….middle school kids are in that developmental phase where they mimic what they see in the media. They parrot their parents or family members, not always realizing... Read more The Holocaust and Big Questions For Our Children
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May 6, 2018
Podcasting: Why You Really Need To Try It!
Podcasting definitely pushed me out of my teacher comfort-zone. It’s not that it’s unusual for me to take risks in the classroom. It seems like every other day I’m announcing to my students that today... Read more Podcasting: Why You Really Need To Try It!
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