Posted in Education, Heart on Aug 5th, 2008 No Comments »
The Random Thoughts of Louis Schmier
Should teaching be any different? It takes a lot of work to live, care, and love; it is a lot of work to reflect, articulate, imagine, devise, activate; it is a lot of work to prepare, design, deliver, evaluate to what extent it worked or needs reworking; it is a [...]
Posted in Education, Heart on Jul 28th, 2008 No Comments »
Bridging Differences: The Purpose of Small Schools
Small schools are an attempt to re-create, intentionally, the best of the family dinner table, the town meeting, the public square, the legislative process, the team, and the academy of thinkers—with as much of the diversity of the larger community as we can corral all in one manageable place.
This [...]
Posted in Blogging, Education, Heart on Jul 18th, 2008 2 Comments »
Man, my head is going to explode I think. This summer has been full of ___________ . I’ve had some fantastic discussion on my PBS Teacherline training discussion board and am enjoying some great emails with John Hendron about this whole thing called educational technology, standards, and professional development. Perhaps for the first time I [...]
Posted in Heart on Jun 11th, 2008 No Comments »
UW study reaffirms nature’s stress relieving powers
I guess this means ditch the plasma and look outside. Better yet, go outside!
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Posted in Education, Heart on May 15th, 2008 No Comments »
We are about to finish up our state testing with tomorrow being the last day. It has all gone well this year with our computer systems, the software, the students and teachers. For that I am grateful and relieved. This time of year does bring up, for me anyways, the BIG QUESTIONS about what exactly [...]
Posted in Heart on Apr 1st, 2008 2 Comments »
The Random Thoughts of Louis Schmier
I’ll repeat something I told a colleague earlier: inspiration is far more powerful than intimidation; self-confidence, pride, enthusiasm reaps higher yields than insecurity, disbelief, and fear; aspiration will seldom occur in a hell hole of desperation; a smile is more powerful than a sneer; a tap of kindness will [...]
