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Erin Nash
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- Saint Joseph, MO
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I just got my copy in today. Do you know if we have money available Luke?
Me too! Thanks Erin!
Wow guys - this sounds great! I can't believe this many people are interested! Can't wait to get my book so we can get started ;)
Me too! Me too!
Profile Information
- My Twitter user profile is:
- http://erinNly
- My Del.icio.us username is:
- erinNly
- My Shelfari username is:
- erin n
- Favorite class I currently teach:
- Zoology
- Last three CD's I purchased/downloaded:
- Flight of the Conchords - Flight of the Conchords
Eminem - Relapse
Chris Cornell - Scream
- I am reading:
- Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
A Year of Food Life - Barbara Kingsolver (just finished)
The Dip - Seth Cohen
- Extracurricular activities @ BHS:
- Assistant Cross Country Coach, Technology/Constructivist Cohort, Science Club
- Interests (away from school):
- My daughters Delaney and Neve, reading, running, camping, fishing, & gardening.
- Benton would be an IDEAL learning institution if...
- Everyone had a positive outlook and remembered they were teaching to try to make childrens' lives better
- Favorite quote(s):
- “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.”
~ Dr. Seuss - The Lorax
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"I CELEBRATE myself, and sing myself,
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you."
~ Walt Whitman - Song of Myself
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“If any man says he hates war more than I do, he better have a knife, that's all I have to say”
~ Jack Handy
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“Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.”
~ T.S. Eliot
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“One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself, 'What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I would never see it again?'”
~ Rachel Carson
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“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.”
~ Albert Einstein
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- Favorite planet:
- Pluto
- Favorite rock and/or mineral: ;-)
- Feldspar..heh..just kidding..
Onyx and Obsidian (not as jewelry..just to admire)
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Transforming School Culture - A Book Study Club
We know that to improve our school, the change has to come from us, and it has to be an ongoing and integral part of the climate and culture of our school.
One of the downfalls with many waves of educational reform seems to deal with the "sticking-to-it" aspect. A school or district tries a… Continue
One of the downfalls with many waves of educational reform seems to deal with the "sticking-to-it" aspect. A school or district tries a… Continue
Posted on November 8, 2009 at 2:16pm — 18 Comments
Reading Into Genetics
Posted on August 7, 2009 at 9:32pm —
Give Twitter a Fighting Chance...OR..How to Become a Twittering Teacher
I am SO eating the most delicious nachos right now.
Tweet.
MU rocks the hizz-ouse!!
Tweet.
Yes, I have to admit that originally I thought the above statements were the purpose of Twitter. Similarly, I thought, "What an incredible waste of my precious time."
Oh, how a year has changed my attitude.
I didn't forsee that my fellow tweeters (or tweeples) would become an integral part of my personal learning network. In 140 characters or less, people from around the globe bombard me with valuabl… Continue
Tweet.
MU rocks the hizz-ouse!!
Tweet.
Yes, I have to admit that originally I thought the above statements were the purpose of Twitter. Similarly, I thought, "What an incredible waste of my precious time."
Oh, how a year has changed my attitude.
I didn't forsee that my fellow tweeters (or tweeples) would become an integral part of my personal learning network. In 140 characters or less, people from around the globe bombard me with valuabl… Continue
Posted on March 30, 2009 at 9:36pm — 7 Comments
Bitstrip 101
Today in our session we learned how to use bitstrips.
Joanna could use this type of technology when she teaches students about taxes next week by allowing students to come up with cartoons based on the problems associated with taxes. She thinks this would be a engaging way for students to learn about a somewhat bland topic.
Barbara could use the bitstrips to analyze and evaluate text features to clarify the meaning of Imagery in a passage. The students ha… Continue
Joanna could use this type of technology when she teaches students about taxes next week by allowing students to come up with cartoons based on the problems associated with taxes. She thinks this would be a engaging way for students to learn about a somewhat bland topic.
Barbara could use the bitstrips to analyze and evaluate text features to clarify the meaning of Imagery in a passage. The students ha… Continue
Posted on March 11, 2009 at 3:48pm —
Animoto - A New Way to Market Courses
The St. Joseph School District offers a unique set of courses for students in the area of science.
Formerly known as the BioExplore program, students have the opportunity to take courses like Zoology or Genetics, while in many school districts, options like these are not availa… Continue
Formerly known as the BioExplore program, students have the opportunity to take courses like Zoology or Genetics, while in many school districts, options like these are not availa… Continue
Posted on February 15, 2009 at 1:00pm — 2 Comments
Comment Wall (23 comments)
- At 8:20am on September 10, 2009,
Deborah Sherard said… - I don't mind helping with the cooking. I get to interact with lots of kids that way. They seem to want to see me (or rather the hot dogs that I've helped cook). I will have to leave a little early tomorrow because I have to watch the west gate so I won't be able to help with the clean up like I did last time. That took some extra time and a lot of people had already left. We need to all help with that. See you all at the meeting tonight.
- At 10:22pm on August 20, 2009,
LaVell Rucker said… - Erin, regarding the moon walk, my neighbor, shannon johnson, a former BHS grad, has two inflatables that I know he would love to set up for a tailgate. He has one with a slide and basketball hoop in it and the other one is a regular moon bounce. Let me know if and when you might want to schedule him and i'll see how much he charges.
- At 3:46pm on August 14, 2009,
Ronda McDaniel said… - A fun fact about me is that I have a Bachelor's Degree in Therapeutic Leisure Management and was an Activity Director in a nursing home before I went back to pursue my dream to teach.
- At 2:36pm on August 14, 2009,
tracy allen said… - Erin,
I sent these to Andrea right after you asked for them the first time.
Thanks,
Tracy
- At 10:11am on August 14, 2009,
Ronald Knight said… - I sent my fun fact to Andrea on July 30th :-)
- At 8:01am on August 14, 2009,
Brandi Jones said… - I emailed my fact to you a couple of weeks ago!!! I probably sent it to the wrong email address.....I will email it to your school email address right now so let me know if you don't get it!!!
- At 7:52pm on August 13, 2009,
Kelly Lock said… - Hey Erin, what kind of fact do you need...just got an email.
- At 9:39am on August 12, 2009,
Melissa Corey said… - Not sure who to ask . . . could you please re-post where we need to email our little known facts for Monday? I can't locate the email . . .
- At 5:59pm on August 7, 2009,
Karen Turner said… - I might have to check out the Y. I will need a lot of work. I haven't swam since I was a kid and I could never swim a straight line. I am really thinking I need to start doing it though because it is so much better on your joints. I have a bum ankle :(
- At 1:20pm on August 7, 2009,
Karen Turner said…
- I know what you mean about the swimming and biking. I'm wondering if there is an indoor pool anywhere in St. Joe. Do you know?
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Let me begin with the good stuff. My kids are reading, and they are reading a lot! I've set the goal of 800 pages (for an A) for 2nd quarter. I've been rather excited to see the kids serious about reaching that goal. Some of my most at risk reader...
Thank you! I am not very good at freehand drawing in Photoshop. :S
The one thing that has been the most engaging for my seniors in Com Arts has been news articles. After reading Reaicicde, I realized my kids don't know enough about what's happening in the world. We followed the balloon boy incident over several d...
I have to admit that I was so happy that Jeanette decided to have CAMP teachers put the data in the hands of the kids! I have a great data collection tool, but I haven't used it hardly at all this year like I have in previous years.
So what I hav...
Yeah, I'm wondering about breaking up the rules. I wonder how Central does it. I need to check with Dawn...I'll do that in a minute.
Melissa,
I have all four of our Cardinal logos that I would let you look at and see if they may work and look a little better than the one displayed. I will send them to you.
I really like the idea of ensuring vertical alignment, and I think that Strunk & White rules might be a great way to go. They give teachers and students a common language and reference point, one that can follow students from year to year, which i...
I really feel like I have not done an adequate job of examining student work and assessment data with my grade-level teams this year. I feel like at 11th, I've focused more on lesson plans but haven't done enough of that sort of collaboration even...
Well, the last time we reflected on this, I ended up in the hospital and never got mine posted, so hopefully, this will make it through! :)
Over the last two months, I've begun to do a better job of conferencing. I was conferencing before, but th...
I've used a variety of texts for EPP this year--everything from novel and memoir excerpts to news articles, magazine photos, and film clips.
One of the texts that my students found most engaging was an excerpt from Angela's Ashes. Hearing Frank r...
I just got my copy in today. Do you know if we have money available Luke?
I completely agree with Jake and Tabor on this one. We do all need to get together and figure this one out as a staff (I thought it already had been decided at the faculty meeting when we raised our hands on getting rid of them-then someone must h...
Me too! Thanks Erin!
Wow guys - this sounds great! I can't believe this many people are interested! Can't wait to get my book so we can get started ;)
Me too! Me too!
Count me in. This sounds like what we all need. After school is a good time for me as long as I can get my mandatory tutoring covered.
Boys only?
According to the NCES, since 2004, girls have -in general- been shown to outdo boys in nearly every measure of academic success. Girls outpace boys on nearly every one of our measures of "winning" when it comes to school. And yet, whe...
Question for poll:
Do you feel that you and your students are safer because of cell phones being allowed?
Possible teacher questions:
Do you use cell phones as instructional tools? If so, would you be able to present or pass on data, information, or ideas in any other way that is just as effective?
Do you feel cell phones privileges have been abused...
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