Fresh Mascara and a New Shade of Lipstick….
With a few days off from work for the holiday, I’ve had time to stalk revisit and explore blogs in more depth than my usual 4:30 AM reads. Man, you guys have some cool stuff out there! But you already knew that, didn’t you? I hope you don’t mind, but I’ve borrowed a few ideas. Thanks for the inspiration. Result? Like a trip to the salon, RobinLK.com has undergone a little makeover today. Nothing too drastic, just a new header image here, updated About page there… an added Disclosure page (just in case), and few changes/additions to the sidebar. Some fresh mascara and a new shade of lipstick…. all a girl really needs, right? 😉
Tell Us About Yourself: Sending an Introvert Into a Tailspin
Freaked out at the thought of having to introduce yourself to strangers? Several months ago I blogged about my BIG discovery {here}, after reading Susan Cain’s, Quiet: The Power of Introverts, last December. What a great read! In it, she discusses introverts in our society and society’s response to them. She writes, “The bias against introversion leads to a colossal waste of talent, energy, and happiness.” You can see her TED Talk here: If you’re an introvert, you know she’s singing the gospel… Now, if everyone would just get quiet and listen….!! Right? What was particularly enlightening to me ~ other than discovering I’m really an introvert camouflaged in an extrovert’s…
Early Childhood Ed: Tykes, Testing, and (Future) Teachers
This post was first published in 2011. At the time, I was a member of our district’s CTE Instructional Support team. Since then, I returned to my own academic classroom, where I’ve spent the past three+ years. Now, with a wish to return to CTE, I’m sharing an answer to the question I get from fellow academic teachers in my current high school: What’s Career and Technical Education? Isn’t that for at-risk kids? My answer: No way! It’s definitely not your father’s shop class anymore. 🙂 -> -> -> -> Remix debut: November 2014 Rigor + Relevance + Relationships What do you get when all three are in balance?…
Classroom 411: An Interactive Training Session Leads to New Ideas
Recently, a dedicated group of twenty educators and industry experts from Valencia Community College, Orange County Public Schools (Career and Technical Education), and Osceola County Public Schools (Career & Technical Education) met on a Saturday to participate in a lively staff development training session that explored ways to build “classroom community” regardless of the environment: live, online, or hybrid, and more importantly, why to do so. With coffee in hand and preworkshop self-assessments completed, participants arrived for the four-hour session that promised discussion, interaction, and exploring ways to learn about themselves and their students ~ all in an effort to build nurturing, successful, effective learning experiences. Though seasoned in their industry experience, and for most, in their…
