Harold Being Harold

Month: October 2010

  • TOP 5 BLOGS – October 23, 2010

    This was a busy week, we are now done with Standardized testing and should be able to get more into a regular routine of teaching and learning :-). It also means that hopefully I won’t be feel so “on edge” and am able to get back to writing here a little more often. Yes I…

  • Theme Change – Why This One?

    As you can see I did change my blog’s theme on Thursday.  While I liked my old one, it just started to seem too cramped and crowded and a little “dark”, so I decided to refresh it.  When I went looking for the new theme this was the first one I downloaded (yes I did…

  • Looking at Behaviors in the Classroom – Differently

    Image via Wikipedia Just a quick “who do I think I am to write this”.  I have worked with at-risk youth since 1996, in the following positions: Assistant Family Teacher, Behavior Technician, Behavior Technician Team Leader (these all in a group home);  Case Manager for a social services agency; Education Technician and a Special Education…

  • I AM GLAD I DID IT

    Image via Wikipedia Today I did the unthinkable, I basically gave my students the day off. In a time when seat time, classroom time and time on task are seemingly the most important thing in pedagogy in some circles, my kids needed some time to unwind. I know that many will say that they can…

  • IS IT A CURSE TO TEACH OTHER PEOPLE’S CHILDREN?

    Taken from Amazon.com I was going through my Education Library today, I just have way too many books and wanted get rid of a lot of the old ones that I don’t need.  I came across a book that a teacher gave me when I covered their classroom one day at my previous school and…

  • PLEASE BE PATIENT

    Yes – I am changing my theme today…the other one just felt too “dark”, I wanted to lighten things up a little bit.  I am attempting to clean up the new theme and get everything working right, so please be patient while I get things back to normal. Well I did make it almost 3…

  • BECOMING A TECH PRODUCT EXPERT

    Image via Wikipedia I am still on my ACTEM10 buzz and I know going to that conference put a lot of great things on the table for me to think about How much technology is in the average classroom today?  Much more than we realize and I don’t believe that teachers have a great deal…

  • TOASTER TECH – HOW IMPORTANT IS IT?

    Image via Wikipedia While at the ACTEM10 conference last week while I was in the MacBook, iPod, iPad, Oh My! Mobile Learning with Apple session, the presenter who made a great presentation, made a statement that the more that I think about, the more I believe is true.I laughed at first when he discussed the…

  • EDUCATION REFORM – 2010

    Image via Wikipedia Tom Whitby and Ira Socol have been asking teachers to put their thoughts on Educational Reform up on the web…so here goes my thoughts. Perhaps some of the underpinnings of our Nation need to be looked at more closely in the face of Educational Reform.  Below is the most famous quote from…

  • ACTEM 2010 REFLECTION

    I finished attending my first Association of Computer Technology Educators of Maine (ACTEM) – MAINEducation Conference. on Friday.  Above is a link to the photos that I did take while I was there, no Rich I didn’t include that one of you (just click on Vickie’s picture).I can honestly say that I really, really enjoyed…

  • WEEK IN REVIEW – OCTOBER 16, 2010

    This week was a pretty good week, we made it through NECAP testing at school and best of all I got to attend Maine ACTEM conference on Thursday and Friday. I have a post half written about my experiences there and will publish it this weekend. Below are my top 5 posts for the past…

  • AM I BECOMING AN OLD CURMUDGEON?

    Image by drwhimsy via Flickr I swear as I get older, I find that I have less and less patience for stuff.Little things like being told to shut our laptops, but allowing people to continue to use pens and pencils on paper (correcting papers, entering stuff in grade books or lesson plans is okay –…