One of my biggest pet peeves is filling out paperwork at doctors’ offices, especially ones that I have already visited in the past. I feel a quiet rebellion overtake me when I am given a clipboard full of forms that ask me questions I’ve already answered about everything from my gender to my health history. … Read more
Since tomorrow is “Super Tuesday”, secondary teachers may want to take advantage of the resource from PBS Learning Media called, “Bot or Not? How Fake Social Media Accounts Could Influence Voting.” This lesson plan includes a link to a 6-minute PBS News Hour video that explains how bots have been used in the past in … Read more
If you are a fan of helping students learn how to be critical thinkers, then you will appreciate the Slow Reveal Graphs site. Rather than presenting a full graph to students and asking them to interpret it, teachers use Slow Reveal Graphs to allow the students to discuss, think, wonder, and predict as each stage … Read more
Sometimes I notice recurrent themes in my Twitter feed and start bookmarking them. This morning, I saw a few tweets related to using board games for learning, and thought I would share them with you. The first one is from Maria Copete (@copeteworld), who uses Monopoly to teach her students about American Capitalism. Just in … Read more
Long ago – during the first semester – my GT 3rd graders decided that they wanted to do their Genius Hour project on volcanoes. (My 3rd grade class is only 3 students this year, so they are doing their project together.) To narrow things down, we decided to learn more about shield volcanoes. Specifically, Kilauea. … Read more
My gifted and talented first graders study geography and choose different countries to research. @storymamas recently tweeted about a book called, This is How We Do It, by Matt Lamothe, and I thought it would be a good resource to use with this class. Children like to see the differences and similarities of places around … Read more