\"We sometimes feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the
ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.\"
Awakening Possibilities
Darren Kuropatwa
Woodward Academy
adifference.blogspot.com
16 March 2009

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\"We sometimes feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the
ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.\"
Awakening Possibilities
Darren Kuropatwa
Woodward Academy
adifference.blogspot.com
16 March 2009

into41cold@photos.flickr.com
it’s not about me

into41cold@photos.flickr.com
it’s not about me

into41cold@photos.flickr.com
it’s not about how hard I work planning the lesson

it’s not about how well I teach it

it’s not about me covering material

it’s not about the tests they write

it’s not about the stories I tell

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it’s not about “best practice”

it’s an intensely social activity

it’s messy

it takes time ... one drop at a time

it’s not about the textbook they read

it’s not about the mind maps they make

“I didn't know how
many things appear
as parabolas.Very
interesting.”
it’s not about the mind maps they make

it’s not about the problems I model

it’s not about the problems I model

it’s not about the
projects I assign

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http://www.answers.com/main/answertips.jsp
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it’s not about
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the tools I use
http://clustermaps.com

it’s about the connections they make

it’s about being curious

Before After
it’s about the possibilities awakened

it’s about the difference YOU can make

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Photo Credits
Drop of rain 1 Mira reading the Griffiths Quantum Text
http://flickr.com/photos/ailric/390832774/
http://flickr.com/photos/scottbutler/215851826/
Headshot July 2008 (cropped) My version of a quadratic !
http://flickr.com/photos/dkuropatwa/3024596851/ http://flickr.com/photos/40256716@N00/316074893/
°hard.Thinking° Obligatory Wiki Photo
http://flickr.com/photos/curzio/452671008/ http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/19490596/
The_joy_of_teaching rose + tool
http://flickr.com/photos/jcrojas/63949879/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/busymonster/1721427424/
Day 110 - Judy and the Dream of Horses New Laptop
http://flickr.com/photos/margolove/2079365397/ http://flickr.com/photos/arbron/56216464/
math Fly, Hummingbird Fly – IX
http://flickr.com/photos/akash_k/125489887/ http://flickr.com/photos/beija-flor/33237322/
Rapt with the storyteller Curious?
http://flickr.com/photos/heandfi/2479240973/ http://flickr.com/photos/monica143/317506718/
Coachella 07: The Saharan Sea Kool Aid Man - What Happened To You?
http://flickr.com/photos/emayoh/479260033/ http://flickr.com/photos/elemente/123901373/
Mud Fest 2008 i want you
http://flickr.com/photos/stinkiepinkie_infinity/2664380700/ http://flickr.com/photos/tripulante/363217704/
go slow ... just don’t stop growing