http://www.lisafischler.com A teacher unleashes words upon the world Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:48:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Excited to announce that I'll be heading to England at the end of this week - have uploaded the travel plans into a special Google Map. Zoom out to see all my different stops! (I'll be adding details as they become available.) View Lisa's Earthwatch Expedition and Hadrian's Wall Excursion in ... http://www.lisafischler.com/?p=534 I'm in a reflective mood and looking over some old journal entries... posting the ones that I think are worth reading. This one was from November 2003. At the time, I was in my last year of graduate school, first year of assistant teaching, and over the summer had taken ... http://www.lisafischler.com/?p=533 Here's my 13 days in Antarctica, boiled down to 5 minute clips: http://www.lisafischler.com/?p=532 Nothing like hearing "Let It Snow" in a place where it NEVER snows... I spent last Christmas and New Year's in Hawai'i. http://www.lisafischler.com/?p=531 Collection of photos from my recent Earthwatch expedition in Iceland. Sad to say, I accidentally erased all of my video footage - but this gives a bit of the idea. The purpose of the project was to collect data about the glaciers in Southern Iceland. As these glaciers press down, they ... http://www.lisafischler.com/?p=530 Child: "How close are we to being there?" Me: "Closer than we were."  Sitting in the colonial schoolhouse: "This is so much better than our REAL school. No offense, Lisa." Upon hearing that a child's father would take him "out to the woodshed" when he misbehaved: "Why, what happens in the woodshed?" One boy, on ... http://www.lisafischler.com/?p=529 It may be spring in some parts of the Northern Hemisphere, but in the last three days staying at Mount Hood, I've seen almost a foot of snow fall. It's continuing to float down as I sit here by the window, pondering another morning of struggling through downhill runs (and ... http://www.lisafischler.com/?p=528 Today in science class, I was showing my 3rd graders footage of astronauts on an Apollo mission driving the lunar module. A student said, "You know what I would do if that was me? I'd crank my iPod all the way up and rock out!" I had to break it to ... http://www.lisafischler.com/?p=527 One of my boys came in to the science room this morning to drop off some materials for me. While we were chatting, he suddenly got a twinkle in his eye and said, "Oh, and I have a dare for you." "Yeah? What's that?" "Which would you rather do - eat a ... http://www.lisafischler.com/?p=526 Today I was supervising recess, watching the kids engage in a time honored playground tradition - picking teams. There's no way around it - someone has to be picked last. Even if your group consists entirely of professional athletes and superstars, and you start picking one by one, you still ... http://www.lisafischler.com/?p=525