If you ever really want to quiet a room full of 5th grade students, try telling them this: “I’m going to let you spend 1 hour a week studying whatever you want. Now pick a topic.” That was, in essence, the way I introduced Genius Hour to my class for the first time many years … Read more
I had just finished writing a rough draft of this post when I got the latest update from one of my favorite bloggers, Sonya Terborg. She said everything so much more eloquently in her post than I did. So, basically my post is like an appetizer and hers is definitely the entree. If you like my … Read more
My GT classes and our after-school Maker Club are participating in this year’s Global Cardboard Challenge. Select projects will be chosen to bring to a local party/entertainment center, Main Event. We will be inviting the community to play the games for a $1, as well as selling wristbands to access the other fun activities at … Read more
Since many people are returning to school during the next couple of weeks, I thought I would re-visit and share some of last year’s more successful projects in case you want to try one. Monday’s post was on the surprise “You Matter” videos that I asked parents to make for their children last year. On … Read more
My daughter is a huge fan of the BBC’s Sherlock Holmes series so when I saw this, I had to show her. We both had a chuckle over the graph of his interests 🙂 You can see the infographic in its entirety by visiting Media Bistro. It’s being used to advertise for a new book … Read more
On this blog, I tend to post about a lot of ideas that I find, and some readers don’t always get a chance to know if I ever tried them – or if they were complete flops. This week, I want to feature a few past ideas that I did try and that were successful … Read more