Author Archives: claireblogs27
Neuroscience and Learning
As a part of one of my summer courses, we are in charge of 15 hours of our own learning excursions. Since I’m still working full time, taking credits on campus, and tutoring, I decided to make these excursions web-based. … Continue reading
Gaithersburg Book Festival
As I mentioned in my last blog post, my 5th-grade class wrote a play with John Morigello, a member of Best Medicine Rep. This play was chosen to be performed by Best Medicine Rep at the Gaithersburg Book Festival, and … Continue reading
National Biking Month!
Yes, we’ve all heard: it’s the end of the semester, and for many, this is the last push before a glorious one or two months off of school work, exams, and long hours at the library. This final push can … Continue reading
The Value in Arts
While I’m tired, groggy, and in a consistent haze due to allergies, here we are, back in the classroom from our short-lived spring break. In all honesty, some days, it takes careful thinking and mindfulness to remember the positives that … Continue reading
Meditation Cheat Code
It’s all over the news, internet, or the featured books at a library. Meditation and mindfulness are growing strong as tools to help people with a variety of problems, such as stress, anxiety, depression, or the inability to keep their … Continue reading
Daily Design
In a way, I have always been envious of engineers and their ability to sketch, collaborate, and brainstorm a solution to problem x, y, or z. In my own classroom, I feel like I’ve spent the entire year implementing different … Continue reading
The New Teacher Movies
If you Google “teacher movies,” it looks like there really haven’t been very many recent ones, especially looking into the past decade. However, many of them exist-on Netflix as documentaries. In my current equity class, we have been assigned two different … Continue reading
Happy Hiking!
This Saturday, it was rainy, cold, and miserable. Driving around the DMV was an absolute nightmare. 24 hours later, it seems like nearly everyone is outside taking a walk, grabbing a bite to eat, or just being outside to be … Continue reading
“What’s your five-year plan?”
I hadn’t heard that question much since I started teaching three years ago. Back then, I could answer pretty confidently. Fast forward about two years into my teaching career. This summer, I took five post-its and laid out my new … Continue reading
So About Those Resolutions…
I like to think of February as the time to really get the resolutions into gear and fine-tune them. For myself, I had some pretty lofty goals in mind for both work-life and academic-life. Spring semester doesn’t start until tomorrow … Continue reading
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