Lori Desautels, Ph.D

Which Key? The Golden Key…It unlocks it every time! Over the past few weeks, I have learned deeply. My students were paramount teachers. I wasRead More »Which Key? The Golden Key… Works Everytime!

Senioritis or a Senior Year Shout Out for Change? Walking through the kitchen door she spotted the acceptance letter from the community college lying onRead More »Senioritis or a Senior Year Shout Out for Change?

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Prologue: Driving my 15 year old daughter home from cross country yesterday, I asked her where she learned to study. She replied, “Mom I haveRead More »“Don’t Assume We Know How to Study!”

1. Music alters brain chemistry. It can be used to energize, calm, or increase effective functioning on tasks. It can be used as a callRead More »25 Brain Friendly Strategies for Educators

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Brittany Scherer EDU 523/525 September 10, 2013   For this reflection, I chose to focus on the strategy of incorporating more choice into my classroom.Read More »Reflections, Strategies Shared, as Second Year Teachers Ponder Serving Students who are Cognitively Socially and Emotionally Challenged

These three reflections are from my second year graduate students and they are just outstanding and I learned deeply from each one of them! IRead More »The Power of Validation !! Changes Everything When Our Goal is Connection and Learning…

There is nothing more important in this time inside our classrooms than connecting to the heart and minds of our students. As I researched ways toRead More »The Wolves of Love and Hate

Walking the Walk An Educator’s Perspective from all Views!     What happens when an education professor decides it is time to walk the walkRead More »Walking the Walk… A Larger Perspective