by Matt Vaudrey | Nov 11, 2013 | Education, Hope, Teacher Improvement |
First, let’s address the dumb word. Blog. Sounds like a Star Wars villain. It’s short for Web-Log, but nonetheless, the term is a poor approximation for the amount of good stuff happening online. Kate Nowak–at least 20% of the brains behind...
by Matt Vaudrey | Nov 15, 2012 | Geekdom |
I have a testing shirt. I’m not sure how it became my testing shirt, but I faithfully wear it on every day that my students test (including every day of CST). Students and teachers across campus know that it’s a test day when I wear this shirt....
by Matt Vaudrey | Nov 12, 2012 | Teaching |
I first met Kelli during the first month of my first year teaching. Well, I don’t actually recall the day that I met her. My first two weeks of teaching were such a whirlwind–the details meld together into a trauma of botched activities, stuttering lessons,...
by Matt Vaudrey | Oct 9, 2012 | Classroom Management, Hope, Teaching, Tough Issues |
There are days when I love my job. Days when I know that some students combated their ignorance with their effort and triumphed. Days when I lay my head on my pillow at night knowing that I did my very best and I changed lives. Today was not one of those days. Today...
by Matt Vaudrey | Sep 9, 2012 | Teaching |
We all have done it. We all have complained about homework. Too much, too hard, too often, too confusing, too boring, too dry, too unrelated, too specific, too stinky: take your pick. For teachers, this presents an interesting predicament; as students, we complained,...
