by transcendingpedagogy | Jan 2, 2024 | Life & Books
It’s been a minute. So much has happened, and yet it sometimes feels like so little. Maybe you can relate? A year of thinking, working, teaching, revising, revamping, collaborating, requesting, presenting, traveling, offering, reflecting, and re-dreaming has...
by transcendingpedagogy | Jan 5, 2023 | 108 Days of Writing, Life & Books
I’ve been home again with Covid this week. It’s my second go with it, this one timed with the start of the calendar year, extending my winter break from teaching. Sort of. If you’re a teacher, you know that taking days off rarely means not teaching...
by transcendingpedagogy | Dec 12, 2022 | 108 Days of Writing, Life & Books
I’m really starting to loathe technology. Over the last few weeks, I’ve gotten into battles with multiple devices and technologies: my non-“smart” TV, my Instagram accounts, this WordPress blog, and now – the latest – the most...
by transcendingpedagogy | Feb 9, 2022 | Teaching Ideas
My poetry class – new course for me – is off to an amazing start. So, I’m sharing it all: what I did, how it went, what my poets had to say about it. I’ve worked hard on opening days / weeks of all my courses because they set a tone, establish...
by transcendingpedagogy | Jan 31, 2022 | Teaching Ideas
Today is the start of second semester, and the beginning of a new course for me to teach: Poetry. It’s not new for our district, just new to me. As a self-professed lover and consumer of poetry, I am both thrilled for this opportunity and nervous about it, as...
