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Get Creative!

Teaching creativity involves well~ a little creativity.

When do you find the time to teach it? Whats the best way to teach creativity? How do you assess it?
What seems to work for me in helping my gifted students develop creativity involves using the Creative Problem Solving Process developed by Donald Treffinger.( to learn more~ go to http://www.creativelearning.com/creative-problem-solving/about-cps)

CPSP entails using six...

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Relationships: Digital Footprints

  • Like you, I care deeply for my students! I want to keep them safe from bullies, harm, stupidity, and their own adolescent errors. What better place to begin by reminding them of their need to protect themselves electronically from far-reaching errors. Here are tips I have gleaned from a variety of sources that I will share as "Tips Of The Day" in each class this week.
  • 1. Monday-Please Use Your Privacy...

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12 Reasons Why Teaching Makes Me Happy!

  • What are the differences between happy teachers and unhappy teachers? While I have no data, I can say after 44 years in this ever changing, fast-paced, engaging and spirited profession, I am happy! I owe it to some of the following!
    1. Love vs. Fear
    I love the children as God has taught me to do so as if they were my own. I want their success, happiness, and inquiry to be central to my daily work. Each moment, each challenge, each person is a key to...

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Relating: New SAT Examination-What is...

  • The SAT college admission test will no longer require a timed essay, will dwell less on fancy vocabulary, and will return to the familiar 1600-point scoring scale in a major overhaul intended to open doors to higher education for students who are now shut out.
  • The second redesign of the SAT in this century announced Wednesday and scheduled to go into effect when todays high school freshmen take it in 2016...

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Relating: When 99% Is Not Good Enough

  • If 99% Is Good Enough, Then

    12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents each day

  • 114,500 mismatched pairs of shoes will be shipped each year

  • 18,322 pieces of mail will be mishandled every hour

  • ...

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Asian American Gifted Students-Take a...


With my finance being of Chinese descent, I have enjoyed a first-hand look into the culture and beliefs of an immigrant Asian family. Born in Cambodia, my finance, her mother, father, five sisters, and two brothers fled the savage attacks brought on during the countrys civil war in the 1970s. Arriving in Florida, many of her siblings married and had children of their own. Ive seen the strict importance placed on education, working hard, and respecting elders. Ive witnessed how the...

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Relating: Snow Days to Introspection

  • It is snowing, again, in Williamsburg, VA! While this is a rare and unusual occurrence for certain, it is causing us to have three make-up snow days. While some are chattering about these make-up days, and others are second guessing why we are even home, I am pensively giving thanks for the 6 lessons I am having reinforced on this snow day!
  • 1.Be open to new situations!Getting up a little...

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Relating: Are Libraries Needed?

  • As a strong and research-centered Head of School, I love my local and university libraries. They are amazing places that are client-centered. The atmosphere, resources, and learning/personal services make them vital as well as socially important centers. As a result, I am asking, what purpose does a high school library have for its clients? Can libraries change from warehouses to intellectual centers? Can libraries facilitate learning? I am not alone in my questions!
  • ...

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Relating: Read Across America Day

  • Tomorrow is Read Across America Day honoring Dr. Seuss! I am enjoying a tongue twister, "There is a Wocket in my Pocket'. Get out there and enjoy your inner child and read!
  • Working on my homework so that I can enjoy their faces as we read together!

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Relating: Essential Questions!

  • This article confirms for me that trends come and go, but best practices are essentially stimulating books/article, inspiring and capable teachers, planning in teams, and engaging questions!
  • In a recent article in Principal Leadership, Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher (San Diego State University) and Heather Anderson (Health Science High School) draw a distinction between essential questions that are course-specific (for example, How do fractions, decimals, and percentages allow us...

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