Blackboard Notes

 I hope you've enjoyed the change in scenery (if you're a student OR a teacher).  Now that my status has been changed, I have now more freedom to create my little snippets of lessons...not that there isn't a plethora already of Math and Reading.  I've found after being let go of one job, that I do better motivating myself as the boss. (make or break).  The comments I've followed from the blogs I'm subscribed to have been helpful to my mental appetite; however have been anorexically rejected in practice by the district I formally worked in.  This gives me new light and new motivation...specially to encourage those in the regular (math) education, to follow dan's link (see links at bottom) of his latest comments...to make the students "struggle-think," drop the concept as if in the middle of a cliffhanger movie, then when they ask for a conclusion, and if there's time, supplement the concept.  I like that kind inquiry and curiosity.  It really

Since I've been working feverishly on finding relevant work, I've neglected my post (pun intended). With the freedom of no new contract, I may seek to develop my tutor center with more withall, for lack of a better word. Likewise, I will be changing my Wiki space page name to CSES-Int-Algebra.wikispaces.com (the one I've been working on since last fall). It is my intention to make it more standards-friendly and less text dependent. This transition will have to be over the summer, after I come back from Disney World. Til I chalk again, Mr. Shel