Category Archives: Life as an Educator

Some news…

Posted on February 20, 2007 by Brett

Well I am not going to say much about this….. But basically, I have stopped doing what I was for the past 13months. For reasons I will not be expanding on, I will be moving back toward the school/classroom environment. … Continue reading →

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Why I enjoy working with Kids!!

Posted on February 18, 2007 by Brett

This sums up why working with kids is never dull!!!

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Public School Students Getting $100 for High Scores on Exams!

Posted on January 22, 2007 by Brett

An eastern Ohio school district is experimenting with an incentive usually deployed by parents to coax good grades out of students — paying them up to $100 for good performances on state achievement exams. So what do we think of … Continue reading →

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Someone thought I was interesting…

Posted on January 22, 2007 by Brett

Recieved an email from Russ Egan last night requested an interview about my life as an educator. If you are interested the interview is on his site. Thanks for the chance to share some thoughts Russ!! Blogged with Flock

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Where does time go….. Time to KISS…

Posted on January 15, 2007 by Brett

I have had an extremely busy week and a bit since coming back to work after the Christmas break. I had planned to get a podcast up this week but things got out of control and once again I stopped … Continue reading →

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Teaching students about authority of source?

Posted on October 12, 2006 by Brett

Well once again I have been hit by a great conversation going on Dave Warlick’s blog. His recent post on teaching young students about the authority of source is a mind spinner. I don’t want to take away for the … Continue reading →

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Our next skype cast…. Some ideas?

Posted on July 9, 2006 by Brett

Ok so I am going to get the ball rolling here. I am going to post some issues that I think would be a great discussion for any upcoming skypecasts. What an amazing professional development tool this could very quickly … Continue reading →

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The battle with teachers and 21st century learning.

Posted on June 30, 2006 by Brett

I have started finding the time in my days to get writing on here more often. I am looking into some areas of formal study that will relate to my employment as well as my areas of interest. I received … Continue reading →

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Study time

Posted on June 27, 2006 by Brett

Ok so I am good at procrastinating – What educator isn’t?!?!?! I started a masters in education degree a while ago. Needless to say I have only completed 1/8th of the entire course. I met with one of the lecturers … Continue reading →

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