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    Have you glogged?

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    Seems kind of like a personal question, doesn’t it?  Have I glogged? (stage whisper) What does glogged mean?? As I prepare for my new adventure in the classroom, I’m discovering new, cool technology tools almost daily that I hope I’ll remember to use with my students!! Following is my trail to learning about glogging:  I was scanning […]
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    Literature By The Numbers, 30.376.15.26.100.16.3

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    I stopped on the path to a new chapter in my life, and looked back over my shoulder. What have I learned this semester? At the beginning of the semester, I didn’t know there was a genre of literature for young adults/adolescents! I don’t know if my teachers ever considered whether or not I was […]
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    Life is a Great Adventure!

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    Life is a Great Adventure and I’m making plans to close one chapter and go onto the next one!  It’s so exciting to finally be going on to teach, to share my experience and knowledge with my students, and work with colleagues to provide the best educational experience we can for the students! I hope […]
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    Becoming an Innovative Life-Long Learner

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    “Great teachers see transformational moments and enter into those moments as learners with their students, technology aided or not…” Kelly Christopherson I’ve spent my life learning new ideas, activities and, when in different cultures, new social mores.  I consider myself to be a life-long learner, especially when it comes to innovative technology. (I love technology!)  I […]
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    What are you reading? Monday, April 27, 2015

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    Drama by Raina Telgemeier Callie loves the theater, even if she can’t sing well enough to try out for her school musical, “Moon over Misissippi.” Instead, she becomes the set designer for the drama department stage crew, with some great ideas for set pieces. But when drama and romance—both onstage and off—cause problems, Callie finds […]
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    The Dance of Autumn by Vicky DeWald

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    A brown willow leaf taps my hand. Shall we dance?  I look up Marshmallow fluff, swift through azure sky, Sunlight sparkles, a million shattered diamonds Glittering on the waves. The red burning bush bows to the tall thistle She tosses her plumes with a flip They swirl, and they twirl and they dip, dancing To the […]
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    Dehydrating: What about it?

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    As most of you know by now, my independent learning project was experimenting with dehydrating food for long term storage, to take camping or, my favorite reason, making a healthy organic snack! As with most things, I approached it with confidence, imagining that I would be successful in all the experiments I chose, and of course, […]
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    What are you reading? Monday, April 20, 2015

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    Allegiant by Veronica Roth (third and final book in the Divergent series) If you loved Divergent, think twice before reading Allegiant.  This book was unlike the other books in the series, and left me with more questions than answers.  Also, the dual narrator pattern was confusing and didn’t work.  Tobias and Tris virtually have the same experiences […]
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    Creating a Pinterest Pin with Canva

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    After reading “Online Creation Tools: Piktograph and Canva,” and “Take 5: Comic Book/Strip Creation Tools,” I chose the online tool Canva to create a small poster. I worked through the tutorial, and it seemed very easy, so I moved on and selected a template of picture placements, a grid for pictures. The template had text […]
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    Getting Students to Read More – What if?

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    While reading the articles for YA Lit, I wondered if I might have read more classics if I’d been given my choice of books in high school?  Why did I have to read The Pearl and Lord of the Flies? I hated them and got ZERO from them! Was it the length?  No one in […]
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    What are you reading? Monday, April 13, 2015

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    Insurgent by Veronica Roth I really liked Divergent. It was smart, philosophical, funny and sad. Although the premise was a bit unlikely, it wasn’t exactly Waterworld, for which we can all be grateful.  I was able to willingly suspend my disbelief long enough to enjoy the book. For Insurgent, the second book in the Divergent series, Four, […]
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    Sweet Potato by the Slice?

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    The humble sweet potato, a treat at Thanksgiving covered in mini-marshmallows, or anytime baked and stuffed with butter, brown sugar and cinnamon. Yum! There are also dog treats out there that incorporate sweet potatoes, and a suggestion to use them as a doggy treat, dehydrated – so I tried it. I got out my mandolin, […]
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    It’s Monday! What are you reading? April 6, 2015

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    Page by Paige by Laura Lee Gulledge In this story, 16 year old Paige Turner, (named that because both of her parents are writers) has moved with her family to New York from Virginia.   Paige decides to buy a sketchbook and draw a few pictures every week.  At first, it seems difficult to think of […]
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    Tweet This, Retweet That…

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    Tonight I explored several social media websites to see just what people like to do with them.  I looked at Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Shelfari. Instagram wanted me to build a profile just to get onto their site – pass.  I already have Twitter, Instagram just isn’t that interesting. Shelfari is the Amazon version of […]
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    Dehydrating marshmallows? Why?

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    As most of you know, I’m dehydrating food as my independent project, and I’d say it’s been going pretty well!  This week I experimented with marshmallows.  Why?  I saw that I could, so I tried it for fun!  I had this vision in my head that my fresh, Kraft Jet Puffed marshmallows would turn out […]
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    Ever Present Technology Ruling Our Lives?

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    Prior to “Literacy in the Digital Age” class I was on the edge of closing my Facebook page.  I only had it to keep track of some of my favorite people – where they’re acting, or who’s having babies.  It’s fun to see new pictures, and be able to cheer on friends who land the […]
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    What are you reading? Monday, March 29, 2015

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    The Fault in Our Stars by John Green Hazel Grace Lancaster is a teenage, stage IV Cancer survivor, and clinically depressed.  To help her deal with this, her doctor sends her to a weekly support group, where she meets Augustus Waters, a fellow cancer survivor, and they fall in love.  Augustus calls her Hazel Grace […]
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    Broadening My Horizon in Literature

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    One of the reasons, among the many, that I attended the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) was because I wanted to broaden my experience in Theater. CalArts develops avant garde and new works, featuring some of the most creative artists in the world. Coming from the land of musicals and Shakespeare, the creative work […]
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    Wh-what? Dehydrating Carmel Apples???

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    That’s right, dear reader!  I found a recipe for dehydrated carmel apple chips!  I gotta say that I’d better not make many of these, unless it’s for a special occasion, because they won’t last long!!  They’re even a pretty healthy snack! Here’s the scoop… Ingredients:  Granny Smith apples (or other semi-tart apple) and carmel dip […]
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    Teens Taking Action, The New Activists

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    The article “The New Face of Teen Activism” discusses both the bright new future of using technology for activism, as well as the more sinister aspects that may come with speaking out in a public forum such as Twitter or Tumblr. Teens and young adults have become activists for decades, this is nothing new.  However, […]
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    What Are You Reading? Monday March 23, 2015

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    Along for the Ride – Sarah Dessen I just want to start by saying that I like the photo on the front of this book.  That alone would have drawn me to the story.  The fact that I had a recommendation to read Sarah Dessen was another reason to read it.  So without further ado… […]
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    Color Me Anonymous

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    A Google search for my name brings up a whole lot of nothing much at all. Looking for Vicky C DeWald you’ll get my current address.  I lived here over 5 years, and we own our house, so no trick there.  You would find that I may know Jason and Ryan DeWald, but you wouldn’t […]
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    Is That You, Citizen Kane?

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    The movie “Citizen Kane,” released in 1941, provides a peek into the life and legacy of Charles Foster Kane, played by the brilliant actor Orson Welles, a character based in part upon the American newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst.  Kane’s career in publishing begins as an idealistic social service in journalism, but eventually evolves into […]
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    Daily Create – Week 4!

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    It’s week four of my Daily Create,…as always I apologize in advance! Sunday, March 15 Create a Lesson – I wrote “How to Create a Bead Dog.” On Monday, March 16 the assignment was to draw a stairway, with steps on how to get to my “biggest dream.”  I’ve done a lot in my life […]
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    King Frank and the Cooking Contest

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    Short Story with random words and animals Daily Create Assignment #1500: Write a short story with ten random words, using the Random Word Generator (http://www.textfixer.com/tools/random-words.php) Choose an animal and find a way to add that animal along with your ten random words into your short story. Your story can be about anything so feel free […]
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    What Are You Reading Monday? March 16, 2015

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    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling As the sixth installment of a 7-part series, this book leaves many questions unanswered.  The Half-Blood Prince is darker than the earlier books in the series.  Several of the chapters are particularly well-written, with great suspense and imagery; an example would be the time that Harry […]
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    Spring Break Activity? Creativity!

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    It’s been another great week of creativity at my house during Spring Break!  So, without further ado, I share all,… Sunday, March 8th began my week with a triolet poem.  A what? (you might ask)  The triolet is a stanza poem of eight lines. Its rhyme scheme is ABaAabAB and often all lines are in […]
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    Exploring Another Frontier – Adolescent Literature

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    As I reflect on the first half of my Spring semester in Adolescent Literature, I’m amazed at how much I’ve read!  Aside from textbooks, I’d say this is the largest number of books I’ve read, probably since I was in high school (and that’s ancient history)!  I’ve read sixteen books so far, and I still […]
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    Daily Create Fun (#8-14)

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    I am still having fun with the Daily Create – the prompts are original, and creative.  I have to say, sometimes it takes more than 15-20 minutes!  Am I just too persnickety?  Here come the past week’s adventures in creativity…I apologize in advance… Sunday, March 1 – What do you fear? Video to feature what […]

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