Goal 16: Share Your Fail Story! of The 30 Goals Challenge for Educators. Join the challenge for free! Connect with other educators completing challenges in our 30 Goals Facebook community. “Failure is simply an opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” ~ Henry Ford This year’s theme is, “This is MY Moment.” Goals focus on getting educators to […]
Month: September 2013
Idea Makers, Creators, and Nurturers
“An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.” – Charles Dickens My bestfriend touched my heart with a beautiful experience she shared with me. It’s her son’s birthday. She told me how many people don’t realize that for her it’s a sentimental time because it takes her back […]
Students Creating Their Own Textbook: Interview with @DatEnglish #30GoalsEDU
Interview 10 of The 30 Goals Challenge for Educators. For 2013, we are Hanging Out with some of the past and current participants of the 30 Goals Challenge for Educators. In Argentina, it is Teacher Appreciation Day and I had the pleasure of being inspired by one of Argentina’s gems , Debora Tebovich. Debora allows her students to create […]
Thank you!
Goal 15: Thank them! of The 30 Goals Challenge for Educators. Join the challenge for free! Connect with other educators completing challenges in our 30 Goals Facebook community. “Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task.” ~ Haim Ginott This year’s theme is, “This is […]
Conquer a Fear
Goal 14: Conquer a fear of The 30 Goals Challenge for Educators “Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.” -Les Brown This year with the 30 Goals Challenge for Educators, our 30 Goals Facebook community is voting on what some of the goals will be accomplishing. We are grabbing this […]
Once Upon a Device: 20 Reading Activities & Apps
“Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.” – John Locke Epiphany is one of my favorite words. I remember discovering the word in high school and thinking that finally I had the right word to describe the “aha” moments I would get after reading […]
Make a Global Connection
Goal 13: Make a Global Connection of The 30 Goals Challenge for Educators “True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.” – Socrates This year with the 30 Goals Challenge for Educators, our 30 Goals Facebook community is voting on what some […]
Why I Teach
Goal 12: Why Do I Teach? of The 30 Goals Challenge for Educators. Click the link to find out more or join our our 30 Goals Facebook community. “If your actions in the classroom inspire children to achieve more, question more, and dream more, you are indeed worthy of the title “Teacher.” – Robert John Meehan Today’s goal was […]