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		<title>Journey of Learning, Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So&#8230;after thinking about how a child&#8217;s journey of learning could be illustrated, I started thinking about my own learning. You know what?  I found it to be daunting to summarize ALL of my learning throughout my entire life.  That&#8217;s seriously a lot of learning.  Even to be able to write this now, I had to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bigvoices.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8546657&amp;post=764&amp;subd=bigvoices&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Journey of Learning, Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year, we&#8217;re asking families to partake in their children&#8217;s portfolios.  The portfolios are intended to show the journey of learning that happens for each child throughout the year, and attempting to do so without the input of the parents would just be silly. So, we&#8217;ve asked each family to share their hopes and dreams [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bigvoices.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8546657&amp;post=754&amp;subd=bigvoices&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Setting Up Shop</title>
		<link>http://bigvoices.wordpress.com/2011/08/27/setting-up-shop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whew. We just spent an entire week, more than 50 hours, setting up the classroom, discussing possibilities for the year, and sharing our ideas and questions as a faculty.  We have pushed around so much furniture, lifted so many boxes, and here we are. Physically exhausted, excited, mentally prepared, and ready for kids.  I&#8217;m looking [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bigvoices.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8546657&amp;post=752&amp;subd=bigvoices&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Talking to Little Girls</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 12:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came across this article a few weeks ago, and although not written by an educator, Lisa Bloom has some interesting thoughts as to how we talk to little girls, particularly the impulse to give a compliment on outer-appearance as an icebreaker to start a conversation.  It&#8217;s socially accepted, and even polite in some cases, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bigvoices.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8546657&amp;post=745&amp;subd=bigvoices&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Making a Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 11:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;That is a design.  First I drawed a design in the writing center.  Then, I used the felts.&#8221; I love watching my students making their plans come to life with other materials.  This has helped many students visualize their work before it&#8217;s created, and I&#8217;ve noticed that more time is spent on the details.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bigvoices.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8546657&amp;post=735&amp;subd=bigvoices&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s the boss?</title>
		<link>http://bigvoices.wordpress.com/2011/04/04/whos-the-boss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laurenmeyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conversation during snack today: Adam: Who&#8217;s the boss here? Me: I am, right? Wael: No no no, we&#8217;re our own bosses. Me: Oh yes! That&#8217;s true, too. Adam: OK who&#8217;s your boss? Me: Ms. Hutchison&#8217;s my boss. Paul: Who&#8217;s her boss? Me: A man named Dr. Damon. He&#8217;s the boss of the whole school. Wael: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bigvoices.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8546657&amp;post=729&amp;subd=bigvoices&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<link>http://bigvoices.wordpress.com/2011/03/28/722/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Divurgent thinking is an essential capacity for creativity.  It&#8217;s the ability to see lots of possible answers to a question, lots of possible ways to interpret a question&#8230;to see multiple answers, not one. [For example] How many uses can you find for a paper clip? [Researchers] tested this, and gave the test to 1500 people [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bigvoices.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8546657&amp;post=722&amp;subd=bigvoices&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Teacher&#8217;s Day!</title>
		<link>http://bigvoices.wordpress.com/2011/03/08/happy-teachers-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is my delightfully messy desk, piled with love notes.  What?  You mean in other professions the people you work with don&#8217;t write you notes decorated with hearts and trees and houses?  What kind of a work environment is that?! Tomorrow in Lebanon is Teacher&#8217;s Day.  This is the only country I&#8217;ve heard of that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bigvoices.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8546657&amp;post=713&amp;subd=bigvoices&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;What does it mean . . . &#8216;from?&#8217;&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://bigvoices.wordpress.com/2011/03/04/what-does-it-mean-from/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 08:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Where are you from?&#8221;  It&#8217;s seemingly a simple, straightforward question.  I was at the big, rectangle table with a group of students several weeks ago, and heard students comparing notes about where they are from.  We are lucky to have an interesting mix of nationalities &#8211; although only 3 of the 21 students are completely [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bigvoices.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8546657&amp;post=697&amp;subd=bigvoices&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>To: P.O. Box 0101110101</title>
		<link>http://bigvoices.wordpress.com/2011/02/28/to-p-o-box-0101110101/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Gates for the Washington Post, on teacher development. Dear Mr. Gates, Firstly, thank you for all the work you&#8217;re doing &#8211; researching, funding, and supporting education. You are making an effort to improve the educational experience of children all over the world, and that is truly commendable and very helpful. Although you didn&#8217;t specifically [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bigvoices.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8546657&amp;post=687&amp;subd=bigvoices&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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