by brholland | Sep 4, 2012 | All Topics
Well, I admit it, this is a re-blog of a re-blog, but I wanted to have a copy of the article. I wrote this in response to an email from a Teaching the Elementary Grades summer workshop participant. First, I submitted it to Edudemic. Then, I re-blogged myself on the...
by brholland | Jul 13, 2010 | All Topics
How do I even begin to tell you about this past week?! I have just had the experience of a lifetime with 9 amazing people, and many of you helped to make it possible. It’s hard to wrap my head around everything, and pictures only tell part of the story. I guess...
by brholland | Feb 24, 2010 | All Topics
I first understood the concept of voice in the eighth grade. A teacher recommended that I read Pat Conroy’s Prince of Tides. Conroy’s rich descriptions of scarlet sunsets, chirping insects, and the smooth tidal flow of Savannah sucked my imagination to a...
by brholland | Jan 10, 2010 | All Topics
In Fun Divided by Three – a tremendous podcast published on the Dirtbag Diaries – Fitz Cahall begins by explaining how outdoor types love rating systems: kayakers rate rapids; skiers rate runs; you get the idea. However, what had me both laughing , and...
by brholland | Oct 25, 2008 | All Topics
I should be writing comments. Before Monday, I have 76 left to do. However, I first decided to check in on Will Richardson’s Weblogg-ed. That then sent me to Britannica Blogs (yes, the same folks that make encyclopedias). How cool, I thought – still having...