Category Archives: Education

E – Educate or Regurgitate

Posted on April 5, 2018 by hdh

Educate or Regurgitate I’ve been an educator for the past 45 years. I’ve experienced everything from the Open Classroom concept of the 70s, to the Cognitive Level Matching concepts of the 80s, to the Writing project in the 90s, to … Continue reading →

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A Comedy of Errors

Posted on October 14, 2017 by hdh

It was my 3rd year of teaching. I was teaching 6th grade. I was in the final stages of my Master’s project, which was to teach my social studies curriculum using the theme, “the History of Communication.” Way back in … Continue reading →

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Dialogue – a talk with me

Posted on September 12, 2017 by hdh

Writing and Teaching: A talk with myself As I was cleaning up one of my bookshelves at home, I uncovered an old handwritten writer’s notebook I had kept. In 1979, I participated in the Bay Area Writing Project in my school … Continue reading →

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First Days

Posted on September 9, 2017 by hdh

As a teacher, I have a plethora of first days of school. Each one leaves an imprint that sets up the tone for a year of learning. As a reflective practitioner, I kept journals of every year that I taught. … Continue reading →

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It must be magic.

Posted on June 10, 2017 by hdh

Oh, how education has changed. In my youthful days of teaching, there were so many things that we were able to do. We had projects that we involved the kids in that enhanced our curriculum. Some of them took a … Continue reading →

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E – Educational Professional Development – Time to change

Posted on April 6, 2017 by hdh

What if Educational Consultants only worked every other year? I’ve been a teacher for over 43 years. For 33 of those years I worked as a classroom teacher, computer support teacher, and teacher of the gifted and talented. Following my … Continue reading →

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Follow me? Not so fast!

Posted on December 10, 2016 by hdh

We are a nation of followers. We latch onto an idea, a person, a group, and no matter what information is out there to clarify or dispute the reason that it is there, we follow. We follow those that love … Continue reading →

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T: Teachable Moments (ES)

Posted on April 23, 2016 by hdh

Teachable Moments It was March 15, 2001 and all students were off from school for Curriculum Development Conference Day for teachers. We all gathered in the auditorium of the high school for the keynote speaker, Dr. Steven Sobel,  a motivational … Continue reading →

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S: Substitute – Are you available? (WR)

Posted on April 22, 2016 by hdh

We Need You! When I retired, I decided that one thing that I didn’t want to do is become a substitute teacher as some of other retired colleagues had become. I was going to work on my storytelling career and … Continue reading →

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Q: Quiet Time (WR)

Posted on April 20, 2016 by hdh

Quiet Time   In this day of electronic devices, how often do you see people walking with earbuds on listening to some sort of mp3 player or smart phone. I tend to be guilty of that too. What is missed … Continue reading →

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