April Fooled You!!!! Blogging & Technology by Joel Wagner - April 4, 2009June 30, 20106 Since nobody commented on it, I am not sure that anyone really caught on that Wednesday's post was an April Fools Day joke. It was actually written by The Scholastic Scribe. I don't normally rant in real life, and I'm not about to start doing so on my blog. I'm sure a lot of you were worried, which probably explains why there wasn't a single comment! I posted on Wednesday, but my article 10 Things To Help Keep An ADD-Inflicted Teacher Focused actually ended up on one of the few edublogs I regularly read, It's Not All Flowers and Sausages. I gotta tell you, this was some good stuff in the article also. This whole April Fools Day Switcharoo was
Networking To Save Your (Teaching) Life General by Joel Wagner - September 23, 2008July 1, 20104 Everybody makes mistakes Everybody has those days Everybody knows what what I'm talkin' 'bout Everybody gets that way Nobody's Perfect! I gotta work it! Again and again 'til I get it right Nobody's Perfect! You live and you learn it! And if I mess it up sometimes, Nobody's perfect! Oops. I got a little carried away there in my Hannah Montana glam rock! Sorry about that. But it's true, everyone messes up. Our students do, and so do we! I found that having a small group of teachers nearby really helped me out in the early years. I would go to dinner with some, I would call some up, I would visit some after class. However we stayed in contact,
Where Have All The Good Teachers Gone? Why Teachers Quit by Joel Wagner - June 17, 2007July 5, 20109 There is a dearth of good teachers throughout the world. And I'm not just talking about those of us who make a living working with kids in schools, either. Teachers are everywhere. Bad teachers are almost everywhere. Great teachers are exceedingly difficult to find. That is why we, as potentially great teachers, need to seek out those teachers who have figured it out. To seek out great educators who truly aspire to inspire. John Carlton writes in his blog: I found ONE teacher who actually taught me something as a young man coming out of the public school system. I could’ve easily lumped her in with all the others who’d wasted my time… but I’m damned lucky I allowed her