Hobbies

07.14.10 Posted in Personal, Reading, kindle by Shelley

Summer break: a time for me to catch up on my recreational reading. My summer classes aren’t exactly over, but with one class down, I actually have some spare time early this summer. I’ve been eager to dive into some fiction, but I had a really hard time selecting a book to read. I finally [...]


Semester Wrap-Up

05.16.10 Posted in Personal, conferences, research by Shelley

So much has happened in the past few weeks. But between school, and work, and my kids, I just haven’t found the time to catch my blog up. I spent much of the year until now working on my Action Research work, which you can read about under that tab. I have another action research [...]


Happy Birthday Kindle (Part 1)

03.17.10 Posted in Personal, kindle by Shelley

My Kindle is 1 this month. All of you know how much I love it, so I thought I’d share what’s on my kindle so you can get to know me a little better. A couple of disclosures: 1) When I use my kindle, I am usually reading for pleasure (see this post or this [...]


Where am I?

03.05.10 Posted in Personal by Shelley

Statistics midterm…that’s all I have to say. S


Sick and Tired

02.10.10 Posted in Personal, kindle by Shelley

This post is not to tell you about something I am sick and tired of (although I could probably come up with a few things), but rather to say that I am actually sick and very tired. I have been sick for roughly two weeks now and am finding it very difficult to get anything [...]


Experiencing Pinellas County Schools

01.27.10 Posted in Personal, education by Shelley

The County’s Non-Choice Choice My son will enter Kindergarten in the fall. And since the countywide choice problem is gone, I now have to choose between my neighborhood school and a number of fundamental and magnet offerings in the county. To make the choice easier, each school schedules discovery nights during the selection period (basically [...]