Tracyrosen

LATEST ARTICLES ( 111 )

• Food and Brown Outs and Feeling Good

  Now that I’ve got that last post out of my system I can get on with things :) It’s amazing what spending a day buying good food then preparing it can do for... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2011 FOOD & DRINK

• How I Motivate My Students and Manage My Classroom Without Reward Systems

  Read the following quotes, I’m going to be reflecting on them in relation to my philosophy of teaching and learning around motivation and classroom management... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2011 SCHOOLING

• Storming

  More storms tonight. Lovely summer thunderstorms. That will in all likelihood blow my screens in again because it is so darn hot in here that I can’t imagine... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2011 FOOD & DRINK

• Storms, Mobiles, Cardinals, and Jack Aka Latest Goings Ons

  

  Storm Last night we had a major storm. I mean major. I was woken up by wind and rain blowing over my face, lightning and thunder underlining the slamming... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2011 HOME, PETS

• Why I Don’t Believe in Putting Marbles into Jars

  Anna Palmer was not happy with my recent review of Marble Jar. She wrote a rebuttal to the review here and it led me to ponder the underlying reason for my... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2011 SCHOOLING

• Marble Jar: A Review of the New Goal Setting App

  

  Creating an account is an easy process and once logged in, I am taken to my ‘shelf’ where there are already some jars with example goals, such as ‘calm mom’... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2011 SCHOOLING

• Looking Back: Stop Talking About Classrooms That Don’t Work

  As part of my Looking Back series, the sentiments I articulated in this post from August 21st, 2010 are still very alive for me. There are classrooms that... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2011 SCHOOLING

• Sunday Synectic: How Do You Spell ‘love’?

  

  Pooh and Piglet Blow Wishes. Image found here. Piglet: “Pooh, how do you spell LOVE?” Pooh: “You don’t spell it Piglet, you FEEL it.” How can this relate to you... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2011 SCHOOLING

• Looking Back: An Essential Question for EdTech

  

  An Essential Question for EdTech Integration by me: I realized this painting was ‘done’ when I had integrated colours from the daffodil’s cup into the petals. Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2011 SCHOOLING

• The Philosophical Bubble of Technology in Education

  

  Living in a Bubble – Viviendo en una Burbujaa, 2006 I recently wrote a small blog post on BlogHer about using technology in the classroom. Of the 3 comments it... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2011 SCHOOLING

• What Have Tracy and Jack Been up To?

  

  Good morning everybody! We have been busy lately – it’s amazing how the days, weeks, and months fill up even when one isn’t working! I guess adding Jack to my... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2011 FOOD & DRINK