Is this thing on? #SOL25
1. My goal for this year was to blog once a week, so I would have 52 blog posts by the end of the year. We can all see how that's working out. (This is the first time I've posted...
Feb 25, 2025 9 5 min read
Teaching
Sabbatical Wrap-Up #SOL24
Welp, my sabbatical is officially over as our professional development day was Friday and classes started yesterday, so I am back to work. Now that my sabbatical is over, I can...
One Conversation I Am No Longer Having with My Students #SOL24
Like all great educators, I steal all my best stuff, and my exit ticket for my students at the end of the last class of the week is no different. After Jacinta over at “Teach to...
We’re Going to Need More Books #IMWAYR
My last post about prepping for courses to start in mid-February is like a time capsule into another world. Live theater? Flights? I mean, one of those things is still happening...
The Teacher Becomes the Student Who Be Clubbin’: January Wrap-Up
1. I went to a club with my friend last week because it was 90s' night. First of all, the start time for the event was 10 p.m. AT NIGHT. And yes, I said that like the old person...
I went to Hawaii!
Some colleagues and I presented at the Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities (our topic was multimodal assignments), which means I finally got to go to Hawaii,...
It’s Monday! What are you reading? on an actual Monday! + #AMonthofFaves
Wow, so much happened in the past week that I don't know where to begin. 1. The big thing is that the semester ended! I gave final exams, I graded graded graded and then graded...
Patti LaBelle and Step Aerobics
Today is the last day of class before the end of NaNoWriMo, and my students are very studiously working on their drafts, so I figured now is as good a time as any to update. 1....
This has been a week
First, I had an IBS episode, which was not as bad as you might think except it was terrible because I was an emotional, weepy mess. If you know me at all, you know I don't tend...