Mr. Higgins’ Blog

Today was the day that I have been thinking about since I received the job offer via a phone conversation in April.  No matter the school, there is always a large amount of administrative paperwork that goes along with moving kids between classes, but you just don’t realize how much there is to do on [...]

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Almost every teacher I have ever talked to said the first day of their teaching career they are very nervous and wonder why they are there. Much like even some veteran teachers, my nerves are starting to get going and the excitement is starting to boil over. The past two days I have spent probably [...]

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Ron Clark is one of those teachers that are so highly respected and innovative that the media picks up on the story. With the recent release of the made-for-TV movie, “The Ron Clark Story” and his appearance on Oprah, he has become a very deserving famous teacher. Some people think that “famous teacher” is an [...]

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Part 1 As someone who is entirely too organized almost all of the time, there is a lot of house cleaning I find myself going through when it comes to how to organize my school website. My school website is power by Drupal which thus far is my favorite content management system because of the [...]

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I am privledged to be part of a Tablet PC project in my local school district. There are so many ideas that surface in my mind when I start thinking about the possibilites for instruction. The Tablet PC is a Gateway M285-E model. There is a lot of great software installed such as OneNote, Windows [...]

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My name is Chris Higgins and I am very excited to introduce my first ever blog (yeah, that reflective writing thing). I am going to be a first year teacher at a Norwalk High School in Ohio. I will be sharing my experiences through my first year of teaching Mathematics and Computer Science with hopefully [...]

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