Lessons from the Garden: Food, Survival and Learningposted by Pamela MoranOn 6/27/2010 2:29:14 PMThe early morning work I do in my garden reminded me on this morning what challenge really means when your survival depends upon providing your own food. Each season on earth marks time in months, years, and centuries of peoples’ intensity of effort ...Read More
For Arts Sakeposted by Pamela MoranOn 4/28/2010 1:52:32 AMI am not an artist, but I am surrounded by artists- family, friends, colleagues, and young people. A million years ago (or maybe about three decades past), I worked through each of the lessons in Betty Edwards’ first edition of Drawing on the Right S...Read More
Not Your Typical School Board Work Session!posted by Pamela MoranOn 4/24/2010 11:27:12 AMCIO, Dr. Luvelle Brown, in collaboration with a team of teachers and principals, worked with the Albemarle School Board at a recent School Board work session on effective use of technology for learning and management purposes. The Board has innovated...Read More
If Reading's Not the Goal, Could It Be Joy?posted by Pamela MoranOn 3/28/2010 1:53:05 AMA picture-perfect Saturday morning, a cup of hot tea, and a drive through rural Albemarle County can take you places to think. This morning such a trip takes me to our state’s Destination Imagination (DI) Tournament, aka DIVa, being held at a local...Read More
Learning from Lacey: Leadership and Lifeposted by Pamela MoranOn 3/8/2010 11:43:40 AMIt’s almost five o’clock on this Friday and I’m about to finish chatting with the School Board chair. One more meeting after this, one more event after that, and I will be ready to go home. The Board chair and I have had a long season of fighting fun...Read More