Category Archives: Reflection

How I Found a Job: Episode 4 ~ Tales from the Road

Posted on May 26, 2012 by Michael K. Milton

While applying for a teaching job a few years ago, I posted a few notes on Facebook about the experience. I wrote them in an attempt to keep my sanity and sense of humor while facing a series of setbacks. … Continue reading →

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How I Found a Job: Epsode 3 ~ Advice from Mom

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Michael K. Milton

While applying for a teaching job a few years ago, I posted a few notes on Facebook about the experience. I wrote them in an attempt to keep my sanity and sense of humor while facing a series of setbacks. … Continue reading →

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How I Found a Job: Episode 2 “A Highly Qualified Applicant”

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Michael K. Milton

While applying for a teaching job a few years ago, I posted a few notes on Facebook about the experience. I wrote them in an attempt to keep my sanity and sense of humor while facing a series of setbacks. … Continue reading →

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#MaycombProbs: Building Community Through Twitter

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Michael K. Milton

Last Friday morning, my department head Ben Lally sent out the following tweet (Note: I could not find the original so here is my retweet). RT @MisterLally: When you want to leave gum & toys for the neighborhood kids, but … Continue reading →

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How I Found a Job: Episode 1 ~ Unhumble Beginnings

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Michael K. Milton

While applying for a teaching job a few years ago, I posted a few notes on Facebook about the experience. I wrote them in an attempt to keep my sanity and sense of humor while facing a series of setbacks. … Continue reading →

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Klout, Parenting, and Expectations: The Four Stages of an Unwarranted +K-ing

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Michael K. Milton

Last week, I was greeted early one morning with the news that I was influential on Parenting. Klout sent an e-mail to congratulate me on this impressive accomplishment. I felt a bit caught off-guard to handle the news for two … Continue reading →

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The Muppets Guide to Project-Based Learning (PBL)

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Michael K. Milton

One of my goals for this upcoming year is to create a project-based learning (PBL) unit for my World History class. In order to wrap my head around this concept I have been lurking in different Twitter chats and reading … Continue reading →

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Teacher Trading Cards: Make Your Own!

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Michael K. Milton

Last week, I posted about teachers having Teacher Trading Cards as a means to connect with students, parents, colleagues, and learning networks. Also, collecting them all could become a great new pastime. Many people have contacted me for a template to … Continue reading →

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We’re Not in Kansas Anymore: A Tale of the Modern Classroom

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Michael K. Milton

One of my students was frustrated today with a question on an open notebook quiz she was taking. The problem was that the answer was not in her notes (she is great about taking thorough notes). We are studying the … Continue reading →

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Teacher Trading Cards: Collect Them All!

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Michael K. Milton

Instead of “Baseball Cards,” imagine if children collected “Teacher Cards”? Every week, students saved up their allowance to purchase their “Teacher Cards” and a stick of stale gum from the corner store. This is a brief conversation I imagine students … Continue reading →

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