...and you think YOU can work with the gifted?

I'm calling my page "...and you think YOU can work with the gifted?" because that's what my husband and grown daughters say anytime I do something rather dumb, or when I can't figure out a simple mathematics calculation. They giggle when I pull out my cell phone to figure out a tip. Once a middle-school math teacher blanched and made disapproving remarks when I counted on my fingers during a meeting. If I'm in the teachers' workroom at my school, and other teachers are standing around, someone w… Continue

I apologize to any Little People who object to the term "dwarf." I would never say "dwarf" in a conversation in the year 2008, and I respect that any group can decide what to call themselves. I only use the term because in context, it is part of this story.

About 25 years ago, I knew a woman whose son was a Little Person, a very smart kid named David. She told me that when David was 11 years old, he was playing in a park. Another kid approached him and asked if he wanted to play. The kid asked… Continue

OK, I need some education about what exactly is a digital footprint, and what I want it to be like, and why. I have a vague inkling what this term is about, but I would like some language to share with my students when I discuss with them.

I'm working on my Shelfari plans, and my kids have had a look at it. It's amazing how a visual format makes a huge difference in the attention and excitement lavished on what is merely a booklist.

I learned a ton at the convention in Tampa.
Then I came back to my classroom with the broken (this is week 3) computer!
And when it is ever fixed, it is old and slow!

I spent today showing 5 of my student groups the new Shelfari I put on my website for their parents. I was using a borrowed laptop, incidentally.
I will be working on another Shelfari for the kids' page of my website. I have been wanting to make a booklist for them, and Shelfari really fits the bill, because they want to look at i… Continue