Category Archives: Creativity

Musings on Leadership, Trust and PLP

Posted on May 7, 2012 by

So, our PLP Group gave a presentation at our Culminating Event today, and one of our members, Micheline McManus, gave us the theme – improv. Yes, our presentation was going to be an improv – we were going to go … Continue reading →

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Kickstarter and Solutionaries

Posted on March 3, 2012 by

If you haven’t seen Kickstarter, it’s a great example of the kind of “Solutionaries” that Zoe Weil talked about in her TED talk.  It’s also a great example  of how collaborative media is making things possible that used to be done through large grantors and big business.  It’s … Continue reading →

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Grammar Games – Or – How I Ended Up with Verbs in my Hair

Posted on December 12, 2011 by

Dianna Newton, our 6th Grade English teacher, is teaching a unit on Grammar by having the students create grammar games.  Her explanation says it all: “If you think of mind-numbing handouts or workbooks when you hear the word grammar, think again! … Continue reading →

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Scary Story Contest Winners!

Posted on November 1, 2011 by

So proud of our Scary Story Contest writers! Check them out on: http://www.fsbscarletsun.com/arts/ They would love some comments!

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Reflections from ASCD

Posted on April 26, 2011 by

Jing of a short sharing presentation I gave at my school, after attending ASCD 2011: http://www.screencast.com/t/vLhVrDNw

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Creativity with Bronson & Merryman

Posted on January 26, 2011 by

Ashley Merryman came to our school this week to speak to students, faculty and parents about her work with Po Bronson.  I haven’t read their book, NurtureShock, yet but I likely will.   Here’s an interesting article by both of them … Continue reading →

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Celebrate National Novel Writing Month in Your Classroom or Library

Posted on November 3, 2010 by

We will be celebrating National Novel Writing Month here in the Middle School Library. If you’ve never heard of it, National Novel Writing Month (“Nanowrimo”) is when a bunch of crazy writers try to write a 50,000-word novel in just … Continue reading →

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Class Policies (prettified in Glogster)

Posted on August 8, 2010 by

I wrote out my class policies in Moodle, and even I was uninspired by the text-heavy list.  I tried putting the important words in pretty colors.  Still too blah.  Then I used Glogster EDU: Much better!!

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Writing Challenges

Posted on August 6, 2010 by

I just started The Write 250 Words a Day Challenge, which is the creation of blogger, author and artist Inkygirl (aka Debbie Ridpath Ohi).  She also has 500 and 1,000 Words a Day challenges. Another challenge/writing exercise I love is … Continue reading →

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Virtual Worlds – Best Practices in Education

Posted on March 19, 2010 by

I attended the Virtual Worlds – Best Practices in Education conference – which was held in Second Life.  No registration fees, no hotel rooms to book, and I could attend sessions while sitting on the couch next to my cats.   … Continue reading →

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