This is the third edition to my 5 part series on inspired lessons from Walt Disney World. Over the five weeks, I will highlight 1 attraction or place in each…
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Inspiration #77: Using Our Senses in Walt Disney World (Part II)
This is the second edition to my 5-part series on inspired lessons from Walt Disney World. Over five weeks, I will highlight 1 attraction or place in each of the…
Inspiration #76: Using Our Senses in Walt Disney World (Part I)
I am so excited to do this 5-part series on inspired lessons from Walt Disney World. Over the next five weeks, I am going to highlight 1 attraction or place…
Inspiration #75: Giving Ourselves Permission
As most schools are coming to a summer break, my thoughts have been on the extreme need for this time to step away from it all. I have seen a…
Inspiration #74: Revisiting a Lesson in History
One of my favorite lesson plans was when I spent a day with my students looking at the life of a WWII soldier from the moment he was sent to training camp to the moment he died. You see, I used primary documents that I had collected from my great-grandmother. She had only two sons and those boys were sent into war. My papa, Peter King, came home from the war (certainly not the way he went into it), but his brother, Jimmy, came down with pneumonia and never made it back home alive.
Inspiration #73: Gaining Back Courage and Confidence Through Feedback
Have you ever wondered if you are missing connections with your students? I often find myself thinking about a past conversation with a student or a lesson that did not…
Inspiration #72: Using Moon Knight to Personalize Learning
I am completely and totally into the new Disney Plus series Moon Knight. As usual, I find myself drifting off into thoughts of how I can incorporate pop culture into…
Inspiration #71: The Idiosyncrasies from Being a Teacher
There are certain things that I think only a teacher might get. The little idiosyncrasies that we develop due to the nature of the job. I don’t know about you,…
Inspiration #70: Free Teacher
I must be brutally honest in this blog because I always try to share my thoughts which will always try to remain positive about the education profession. And the reason…
Inspiration #69: Revisiting Who’s the Leader of the Club
There is a lot of conversation around how many teachers are leaving the profession. I for one have heard close friends and colleagues declaring that they are not happy and…