Teacher Field Trips
I cruised down the road for my morning commute to school.
It was Friday,
no kids in the car,
sun was out,
radio was on
and then the beat started to pound,
Lady Gaga’s Just Dance started.
YES!
Volume turned up,
hips started to move,
head bobbed
and fingers tapped.
“I need to get out tonight
and DANCE!”
But wasn’t sure how,
never mind…
must listen and groove right now.
My mind [...]
Reflections on Beat Night – Poetic Experiences
This past Thursday a group of teachers took their third field trip organized by The Inspired Classroom. We attended Beat Night at the Press Room in Portsmouth, NH. What fun! It was a great night of relaxin’, groovin’ and inspirin’.
The evening began with an hour of featured poets reciting their original poems. [...]
Teacher Field Trip-Beat Night-Jazz and Poetry
Join us at the Press Room in Portsmouth for Larry Simon’s Beat Night – jazz and poetry 7-8 p.m. and readings 8-9 p.m., on the second floor. (Hosted by my good pal, Ayanna Gallant!)
Meet us at 6:30 in front of the building to get a table together. Sit for the evening with [...]
Our Own Interpretations
It is fortunate that the blog series this month has been centered around the visual art of Norman Rockwell since it has coincided with our teacher field trip to a most wonderful museum in Boston – the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Though none of his works are in this museum, the ideas of [...]
TIC – A New Beginning
This may ramble a little – just need to get some thoughts out…
For a leadership class I am currently enrolled in, I am to assess the environment I hope to change. Right now, I am in the middle of doing some reading and developing a survey. This is not easy. I feel [...]
Teacher Field Trips
This month, the The Inspired Classroom will be officially starting two new ways to get in touch with teachers – newsletters and field trips!
The first newsletter is set to be sent out on Thursday 11/5. It will be a short intro to TIC (The Inspired Classroom) and hopefully will spark interest and [...]
