After I wrote the post about telling a magical tale, I ran across an Edutopia article called, “Why Teachers Need to Be Great Storytellers.” The last part of Suzie Boss’ article really resonated with me because I had recently talked with a fellow ISTE attendant who had suggested nearly the same thing: “Make Ignite talks … Read more
For almost two years, I have been implementing a “Genius Hour” with my gifted 5th graders. I periodically post about this, but I thought it might be nice to collect all of the posts and resources on one page for reference. You can now access this page by clicking on “Genius Hour Resources” at the … Read more
Our district’s teachers returned to work today. At a gathering of the teachers in our high school cluster, the superintendent of our district invited some very brave secondary students on the stage to answer some questions. One of the questions was, “If you could change anything about your campus, what would it be?” Two … Read more