by Lisa Dabbs | Mar 25, 2013 | Posts
Last October we brought Susan Fulginiti of the Georgia-Pacific team to join our weekly New Teacher Chat #ntchat to talk about how Georgia-Pacific enables teachers to bring conservation to the classroom. GP has practiced conservation throughout their history. As...
by Lisa Dabbs | Mar 4, 2013 | Posts
“Teachers need to integrate technology seamlessly into the curriculum instead of viewing it as an add-on, an afterthought or an event.” — Heidi Hayes Jacobs, Educational Consultant, Curriculum Designers, Inc. Web 2.0 tools are online software...
by Lisa Dabbs | Feb 15, 2013 | Kindness, Posts
Βethan via Compfight This week through the celebration of Random Acts of Kindness Week, we’ve visited the need to reinforce the power of being kind in our everyday lives. And…there’s still 3 more days to go! As one who has not always been on the...
by Lisa Dabbs | Feb 14, 2013 | Posts
Today is my grandmother’s birthday. She was born on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 1914. Her name was Carmen. At 16. Carmen, is a beautiful, confident young woman. She immigrated from Mexico to the United States. She had a brilliant mind. This is a photo of...
by Lisa Dabbs | Feb 13, 2013 | Kindness, Posts, Teaching's Past
It’s been a long time since I was in elementary school. But I can remember it like it was yesterday. I wasn’t the cutest, skinniest or best-dressed girl. I wasn’t even a popular girl, but I had an advantage; I could sing like...
by Lisa Dabbs | Feb 12, 2013 | Posts
Today is the second day of the celebration of Random Acts of Kindness week. I’ll continue to share insights on this important movement, this week on the blog, as I salute the RAK Foundation for their commitment to use this week to show us how important it is to BE...