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
#gmttc is the official hashtag for the Global Math Task Twitter Challenge. Classrooms around the world are invited to participate by solving the problems that are tweeted and/or tweeting out their own. You can formally sign on to be a #gmttc tweeter on this spreadsheet, but this is not a requirement. It is easy enough … Read more
Testing week. Ugh. Stressful. Depressing. NOT fun. So, why not join us in a light-hearted Twitter chat using memes to discuss education? Everyone is invited! It’s tonight (Tuesday, April 21st, 2015) at 8 PM CST. #NEISDPLN Here are the questions: 1. Haters gonna hate – what’s something you hear educators complain about too often? 2. … Read more
I was feeling pretty clever. As most of you know, that is never a good sign. My creative, engaging activity for the day turned out to be one of those lessons that makes a teacher ask the dreaded question, “Should I continue this fiasco or give up and find a video?” The concept was simple: I … Read more
A couple of weeks ago some of the librarians in our district sent out an idea for a district Twitter chat for our students. They included a great form that we could use for the students to fill out. I had just participated in a professional chat a few days before, hosted by Todd Nesloney, about creating … Read more
A few weeks ago, a few of the teachers in our district participated in a Twitter Chat. The topic was to S.C.A.M.P.E.R. Education. You can read more about the S.C.A.M.P.E.R. chat here. After the chat, a few of the GT teachers suggested that it might be fun to try doing the same chat with our students. … Read more