*Note to my WRMS staff, I subscribed you guys already, so you don't need to put in your email.
Either way, figuring this out really pushed my limits as a techie. I am more of an educational techie, and figuring this out made me enter the realm of website development techie, something I know very little about {I used MailChimp, BTW, to make the subscription happen}. However, I was bound and determined to make it work because I was driven and passionate about finding a solution. There was a sense of urgency behind it {*cough*...maybe a little bit of obsessing...*cough*} and I was SO EXCITED when I figured it out. Think of a time when you felt this way about learning. Now think of a time when your students felt this way. As educators, seeing students excited about learning and reaching goals is one of the most rewarding things we can experience. Sometimes, though, we get so lost in the day to day grind that it is easy to either ignore the excitement of learning or to even unintentionally squash it. Matt Miller over at Ditch that Textbook wrote this great post on thriving at the end of the semester. Miller talks about objectives, feedback, and effort {hello again, Classroom Instruction that Works}, like having students reflect and see how far they've come. He also talks about breathing new life into your activities. Bored with your end of unit plan? Find ways to spice it up! This time of year, it's easy to keep saying "only two more weeks...only two more weeks...only two more weeks." But I encourage you to light a spark in yourself and your students these last couple of weeks and try to end on a high note. It would make your break that much better!!
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