Category Archives: Education

P: Positive, Perseverance, Progress (WR)

Posted on April 19, 2016 by hdh

Positive, Perseverance, Progress One thing that I’ve learned throughout my years of teaching is that one must keep positive thoughts. There is plenty research out there that states that being positive, smiling, optimistic and enjoying what you are doing has … Continue reading →

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O: Oops Plan (ES)

Posted on April 18, 2016 by hdh

Oops Plan We all make mistakes. Mistakes are an important part of learning. When I was teaching older elementary students (10 and 11-year-olds) I would discuss with them the importance of learning from mistakes. I’m not sure exactly when and … Continue reading →

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L: Librarians? But they only check out books? (ES)

Posted on April 14, 2016 by hdh

But They Only Check Out Books? As school districts look to cut costs, in our tax capped society their priority is not to cut programs. At least, that is what they espouse. They look to make cuts that will least … Continue reading →

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J: Journals of a Reflective Practitioner (WR)

Posted on April 12, 2016 by hdh

My Journals – the reflective practitioner I worked in a Middle School with sixth graders and their teachers from the Spring semester of my junior year in college through my student teaching semester in the Spring of my senior year. … Continue reading →

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F: Parlez vous…what? (WR)

Posted on April 7, 2016 by hdh

Parlez vous…what? (WR) Foreign Languages have always been a challenge for me. When I was in high school French was the only course that I received a failing grade in. In fact, I only passed the French regents exam with … Continue reading →

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A New Kind of Audience

Posted on January 26, 2016 by hdh

I’ve written in the past about audiences and who educates them how to respond to performers and performances (see http://www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p=64). In that piece of writing I referred to different kinds of performances and audiences and their attentiveness and interactions to performers. … Continue reading →

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Let me show, don’t tell me

Posted on July 6, 2015 by hdh

During high school when I studied history, I never got further than World War I, if at all. I certainly do not remember about anything prior to 1900 that I was taught. Now consider today almost 50 years later and … Continue reading →

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Journey

Posted on May 9, 2015 by hdh

Today’s writer’s group story spark was “Life is a journey”. One of the ideas was to write an acrostic poem entitled “JOURNEY” That’s what I chose to do. Following the writing of the acrostic poem, I went further and defined … Continue reading →

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Here I sit

Posted on January 10, 2015 by hdh

This piece was written at my writing group today: As I went through my teaching career I took a lot of courses that were required in order to get my Masters degree. Having received my degree there was no requirement … Continue reading →

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The Keeper of the Lists

Posted on July 8, 2013 by hdh

I had started keeping the names and classes students were in back in the late 1990’s when I was the teacher of the gifted and talented in our district. I found it useful when doing record keeping for testing in … Continue reading →

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