The other day, I was talking to one of my GT classes about the possibility of our Maker Studio classroom getting a 3D Printer through Donors Choose. “Can’t those be used to make guns?” one student, who apparently pays some attention to current events, asked. “Those should be banned, then,” said another student. This brought … Read more
I can’t believe it’s already Phun Phriday! This week has flown by! Despite being super busy, I managed to collect enough bits and baubles to use in the next ten Phun Phriday posts, so I may be doubling up for the next few weeks! I saw a tweet about this yesterday, and thought it was … Read more
Since I have decided to gamify Genius Hour, I thought that it would spice things up to give the students surprise challenges. I haven’t designed the cards, yet, because I am hoping that some of you can give me more ideas. Please go to this link to add some ideas to my Padlet wall, tweet me … Read more
If you have students who are working on Genius Hour or any kind of biographical research, you may want to have them check out “My Role Model” from the Academy of Achievement. This tool allows the user to choose from three different categories: what you want to achieve, what kind of personality you have, and … Read more
Last year, around this time, I posted about the Jeff Bezos (founder of Amazon) graduation speech that I planned to share with my gifted 5th graders. I did share it with them, and I intend to share it with my current 5th graders this week. They will go on to middle school next year, and … Read more
This performance by John Legend for TED says it all. This is what all children want to hear from the adults in their lives. I think it makes a good companion piece to this post by David Brooks, “The Seven Most Important People in A Child’s Life”. And, maybe it’s the kind of connection high school … Read more