Starting to think about your New Year’s Resolution? Mine is all about priorities- that is, choosing the right ones 🙂 Happy New Year- May the greatest of your dreams become the least of your accomplishments this year!
MamaSource
DEN members are a VERY productive group- In fact, you are all just about the best multi-taskers that I know! With all that we do at school & in the DEN, it’s easy to forget that we all actually have lives outside of our jobs too- you know, Moms, Dads, Husbands, Wives- all that good
Gobble-Gobble
Just a few of my favorite Thanksgiving “quotes”to help get you in the spirit of the day 🙂 The pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts … nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving. –H. W. Westermayer Be thankful every day when you get up that you have something to do that day which
Pass It On…
Whether you’re a teacher or the friend of one, I hope you’ll appreciate the analogy. Be sure to read to the end… No Dentist Left Behind My dentist is great! He sends me reminders so I don’t forget checkups. He uses the latest techniques based on research. He never hurts me, and I’ve
In Your Dreams…
What did you dream about as a young child? What do you still dream about today? Is it really any different?… One of our colleagues has the unique opportunity to fullfill a dream held by more people than any of us could possibly imagine- To Carry the Olympic Torch! Linda Bilak, STAR Discovery Educator, is
Walk to Support Our Armed Forces & Their Families
I know that many of us have family & friends who have served or are currently serving in the military (my sister is a Naval Flight Navigator who served in Iraq). When reading the following post (from the National DEN Blog), please think about how we can best honor our heros & our freedom- On
Celebrate Your Independence!
July 4th reminds us not only to appreciate & celebrate our country’s independence, but also to be thankful for all of our individual freedoms; none of which would be possible if not for courageous, brave people who embrace their talents without shrugging off their inherent sense of responsibility to mankind (I know, I know, way
Three Cheers for the Tribeca Film Festival!
Last Saturday, I was given a great opportunity by the Discovery Educator Network to attend a Discovery Film premier at the Tribeca Film Festival. I joined my fellow DEN members, Jennifer Dorman, Marti McGrath & Beverly Plein for the premier of Doubletime, an amazingly inspirational documentary about competitive jump roping (yes that sport actually exists-
Pay Attention
Thought I’d share Steve Dembo’s most recent post (the video below) from his DEN blog, Digital Passports– If you haven’t been there yet, you really should go get your passport stamped… Thanks for the inspiration/motivation, Steve! Here’s my comment to his post (visit Steve’s DEN blog to read others- great energy there!) "Just the VOLUME