When I was 45 years, I made the move to start my own online business. It was my 21st year of teaching, and still loved what I was doing. But a new change was coming. A new challenge. It was the perfect change that would allow me to teach from…

Day 8 #langtwt Write-A-Long Euskaraz | In Basque Atzo goizeko 6:30etan etxetik atera ginen nire koinata eta biok. Seattlera joan ginen eta etxetik 2.5 ordu da. Bi mediku ikustera joan nintzen eta 4 analisi egin ninduten. Dena ongi pasatu zen. Orain itxoiten ari naiz probaren informatzioa heltzeko. En français | In French Hier je suis allé voir 2 medicines au Seattle y tout va bien. Je ne sais toujours pas les résultats de mes tests de cortisol. J’espere savoir bientot.

Day 7 #langtwt Write-A-Long Euskaraz | In Basque Musika entzutea asko gustatzen zait. Berdin zait zein hizkuntzan eta zein motan. AEBetan, entzuten dut Country, Rap, Hip Hop, eta 80. eta 90.musika. Euskal Herriko musika ere gustatzen zait. Adbidez, Sorotan Bele, Oskorri, Itoiz, Esne Beltza, Gatibu, Kortatu, eta beste. En français | In French J’aime tout le genre de musique. En français, hmmm, les bands que je connais bien sont David Guetta, Manu Chao, Daft Punk, Edith Piaf, Serge Gainsbourg, Johnny Halliday.

Day 6: #langtwt Write-A-Long Euskaraz | In Basque Orain, ez dut euskara asko ikasten. Lehen bai. Ikastolara joan nintzen 4 udetan. Eta orain mantentzen saiatzen naiz. Nola? Beno, irakurtzen, musika eta telebista entzuten, eta jenderekin hitz egiten. Gainera euskara irakasten dut eta hori asko laguntzen nau. En français | In French Pendant 8 ans, j’ai étudié tous les jours pendant 10 ou 15 minutes. Tous les matins je faisais mon café et après j’étudiais le français dans l’application Duolingo. Oui, tous les jours et seulement Duolingo. Aussi, je pratiquerais avec mes voisins qui ne parlent que le français. Beaucoup de mes voisins parlent basque alors c’est vraiment difficile de trouver des voisins qui parlent français avec moi.

I love coaching. Since 1998, I’ve coached Basketball, Softball, Soccer, Track & Field, and Science Olympiad. In 2015, when I started to create courses online, I also saw coaches working online. And since I love coaching sports, I was curious about what coaches did online. Who were they coaching? What…

The one thing we know about goals is that they need to be SMART, right? That’s what we’ve been told since 1981 when SMART goals were created. As an educator, I started using them in our Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) around 2005. …

In the fall of 1992, I joined a sorority because my first childhood friend had joined one. I arrived Sunday afternoon, right before classes started the next day. My parents took me to the university after spending the week showing lambs for my last year of 4-H. Classes kicked off…

On January 10, 2022, I learned I had a giant brain tumor, a pituitary macroadenoma. I’ll never forget that day and I’m still trying to understand how to act. I’m a strong, independent single woman and all of a sudden found myself having to surrender. …

When I started teaching in 1999, I decided then I would teach in the classroom till the day I was tempted by something else. In 2015, my mind started to wander when I saw what people were teaching and creating online. Has this happened to you? If so, I want…