So, Take that Podcast Episode and Just Talk Away, ‘Cause You’ll Never Know How Bad You Wanna ‘Til You Can’t Someday…

A Quick Update on the Ole
Major Learning Project

Update! What We’ve Done Thurs Far

Durston has absolutely been crushing the fine-tuning details of putting our podcast together. From editing the voices to adding intro and conclusion music, all the way to getting it published, securing our first two guests, and pretty much everything in between he has been killing it! He is definitely tech-savvy and has been pulling the weight for both of us in this category. So, if you’re following along on our journey, make sure you send a shout-out to him!

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And If You’re Faced with a Choice, and You Have to Choose, I Hope You Choose the Podcast that Means the Most to You…

An Update on Our Major Learning Project

A Bump in the Road and a Dent in the Rim

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This past week was a bit tricky in my world. From dealing with tough situations at school, that had me second-guessing the teaching profession, to the ongoing saga of taking restrictions away, my head was spinning. Keeping teachers safe in the classroom was something that kept jumping to the forefront of my brain. When talking to many colleagues, and teachers near and far, many of us are feeling something that we haven’t felt before… ultimate burnout. From growing expectations to less and less support, all the way to feeling like the rug is being pulled from under us, there’s a lot that teachers are dealing with on a daily basis to try to keep our kiddos safe, engaged, and learning, often putting our own needs out of scope.

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Teaching, Teaching, Teaching, Teaching… Please I’m Begging of You Schools to Keep on Changing

Do Schools Really Need to Change?

Classic Musings Before Getting Started

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Not only was last week’s class full of rich discussion, but the Discord chat has also been pretty active throughout the week. When reading through the many blog posts that my peers have been diligently writing over the past week, each post brought so many questions to my brain that I felt as if my head was spinning. I found myself thinking and rethinking and then thinking again. So many questions were swirling around, and I found myself having a tricky time writing my post because I kept restarting time and time again.

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