I am an educator who values the individuality and uniqueness of others. Writing the blog R.E.A.L. is an outlet for me to pay it forward by sharing ideas, influences, lessons learned and exposing a little vulnerability while encouraging others to maximize their R.E.A.L. potential, as well.
Are You Ready For Some Football?!?!?!?! A Co-Blog Post Co-Written and Co-Posted by Educators, Denis Sheeran and Tara Martin Denis: Last year, right around Super Bowl time I started to notice the prolific tweeting of something called #BookSnaps. My Twitter bestie, Tara Martin, had started a movement in education where teachers and students would use […]
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Recently, I was visiting with a colleague and chatting about the idea of being original. I have often quoted Mark Twain, “There is no such thing as a new idea. It is impossible. We simply take a lot of old ideas and put them into a sort of mental kaleidoscope. We give them a turn […]
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Need a pick-me-up? I got you. This post was inspired by the song The Champion. The Champion Carrie Underwood Featuring Ludacris Produced by Jim Jonsin “[Chorus: Carrie Underwood] I am invincible, unbreakable Unstoppable, unshakeable They knock me down, I get up again I am the champion, you’re gon’ know my name You can’t hurt me now, I […]
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The other day I was jamming to ninety’s music, and a song came on that reminded me of a special moment with my third graders several years ago. Over ten years ago… I was sitting with my third graders in a circle on the carpet at the front of the room during our class meeting. […]
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It’s the mysteriousness of life that moves me. It’s fuel to my fire. I marvel at it. In fact, I love diving into ideas, circumstances, (fill in the blank) and knowing not where it might lead. Being the driver of action research is far more fun than testing something that has already been proven. It’s intriguing […]
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