Author: Cheryl Oakes

  • To list or not to list? It’s Summer in the Northern Hemisphere!

  • Guest blogging is like going on vacation!

    Cheryl Oakes here, blogging for Wes Fryer as he vacations with his family! Thanks for the opportunity. I hope this post adds a challenge to many educators heading back to school for the 2010-11 school year. We are all familiar with accessibility on our sidewalks, the curb cuts were designed to make sidewalks accessible for…

  • Through my Students’ Eyes

    Cheryl Oakes is a blogger from Maine, who can be found skiing in the winter season or in her garden or kayak during the short summer season. Either way she is a life long learner and looks for the positive impact that technologies have on learners and adventurers in our school environments. Thanks to Wes…

  • Dear Student, (fill in your name)

    Thanks to Wes for this opportunity. Thanks to students everywhere for this inspiration. Thanks to teachers and administrators for all you do. Dear student, Thank you for kicking off this series of letters. I must say you have given me pause for thought. However, your questions are really unsettling and puzzling to me. Your questions…

  • Dear administrator,

    Guest blogger, Cheryl Oakes, reporting for duty! Dear administrator, I am writing after an exhausting year of instructing my students. I want to thank you for hiring me and keeping me in this position. I have been teaching this same content for the past 5, 10, 15 years ( you choose). Each year it gets…

  • Dear Teacher, ( substitute your name here)

    I am writing a similar disclaimer as Jen Wagner did just recently. Thanks Wes for allowing me to be a guest blogger. With a 3 day span I am really challenged to produce a daily post. Well, here goes. These ideas and opinions are mine and do not reflect Wes’ thinking on these subjects. Dear…