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Camera Considerations
One of Matt’s big dreams is to get better at photography. I also feel like I need to get better at photography to be a better blogger. Therefore, we are looking into options for purchasing a fancy camera.Our friend takes amazing photos, and he uses a Nikon. Here’s what he says about it:
… Read MoreI have the Nikon D60 camera body only (the link has an included lens, but you can find body only prices).
Note that the D60 cannot take video. You can do this with the new D90. If you want to know why I chose a nikon over a canon. There’s this great saying about the essential -
Laissez les bons Temps Rouler
My friends and I are busy planning our ten-year Teach For America reunion. Almost ten years ago, we arrived in South Louisiana ready to help work toward the closing of the achievement gap.We’ll be heading to Baton Rouge for the reunion (I taught in a small, rural town called Franklin). On Friday night, we’ll be having a Black Bean Burrito night (one of the rituals of our impoverished teacher selves!). Saturday, we’ll do a service project at a school (and we’re inviting our former students to volunteer with us!). That afternoon, we’re having a crawfish boil (which my vegetarian self was never particularly fond of) and then traveling to … Read More
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Ah, Summer
Even though I’m in my eighth year of teaching, I’ve honestly never had a real summer break. The first summer, I won a grant through the National Endowment of Humanities to study Utopian fiction in the Bay Area. Pretty amazing, but definitely not a lie-around-and-wallow-in-your-pajamas kind of summer.The next summer, I worked as a Corps Member Advisor at the Teach For America summer institute in Houston. The next summer, I moved from Louisiana to Houston and taught summer school at KIPP. The next summer I did two weeks of professional development in New York, taught summer school again, got my classroom ready, and then traveled to nine Guatemalan cities … Read More
