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Continue reading →: My COVID-19 Diary: Grandpa, why don’t you shake handsMy grandmother saved the string that you get on a cake box from the bakery. You know, the really thin red and white striped string. I never once in my life saw that string get used but she had it. She also re-used tissues. They were hidden in her sleeve…
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Continue reading →: My COVID-19 Diary: Who’s in your PLN?If we do not create a network using the tools that technology makes available, then our PLN will be confined only to those individuals who we interact with face-to-face.
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Continue reading →: My COVID-19 Diary: Were you ready for this?I appreciate the opportunity to applaud my amazing teachers for all that they’ve done to give us a huge head start and I encourage all of us to see our present reality as part of a dynamic approach to learning that can continue even when we go back to a…
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Continue reading →: My COVID Diary: Friday un-Focused78 returned emails, a bike ride to the grocery store, an Andrew Cuomo press conference, dinner and it’s time for bed. And I’ve never been so exhausted in my life. Repeat again tomorrow.
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Continue reading →: My COVID-19 Diary: The “soft launch”Harry Houdini once escaped from a straitjacket and chains while suspended by a wire 60 feet over Times Square. Do you think this was the first time he ever wriggled out of a straitjacket while hanging upside down?
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Continue reading →: My COVID-19 Diary: Is there cheese?How are you doing with your routine as you work from home? The other day I paused and found myself doing all of the following things at the same time: Checking emails Slicing vegetables for dinner Responding to an email Checking Facebook Cutting an apple for my daughter Checking Twitter…
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My COVID-19 Diary: It’s about the bike
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Continue reading →: My COVID-19 Diary: It’s about the bikeI was getting “cease and desist” letters from the legal firm associated with my hips, and love letters from my orthopedist, so I basically had to stop. The Peloton is definitely an answer, I’m not exactly sure what the question is…
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My COVID-19 Diary: On the boardwalk
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Continue reading →: My COVID-19 Diary: On the boardwalkEven though you’re quarantined, you can leave your house, go outside to get some air and exercise, as long as you remain about 6 feet away from other people. We are fortunate to live about a mile and a half from the ocean so we took a walk on the…
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My COVID-19 Diary: Perspective
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Continue reading →: My COVID-19 Diary: PerspectiveBecause I’m moderately overwhelmed by the level of virtue that I see on social media amongst, well, everybody, especially educators, I’m hard-pressed to find something original I can contribute during this crisis. I’m reminded of what my mentor told me, “When it comes to leadership, the best thing you have…
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Continue reading →: About intentions: PositivityI haven’t declared my New Year’s resolution this year because, for me, this practice has become redolent with the stink of failure. I look back on the resolutions I’ve made these past five years and I haven’t successfully achieved any of them.
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