Ever since my former principal, John Hinds, recommended a book to our staff, Spaces and Places, by Debbie Diller, I have looked at my classroom with a brand new set of eyes. I’ve tried to break out of the traditional mold, and to create an environment that promotes engagement, collaboration, and curiosity. I still haven’t … Read more
Recently I’ve run across quite a few articles that seem to give opposing viewpoints about the direction schools should be going in order to improve. I would like to hear your thoughts on some of these topics. Big Think recently posted an article called, “IEPS Shouldn’t Be Just About Special Ed.” The article, by Chris … Read more
Some people spent their Easter weekend camping out in parks. Some spent it cooking and baking feasts for their family. I spent it playing two new games on my iPad. iSolveIt is brought to you by the Center for Applied Special Technology. CAST is “an educational research & development organization that works to expand learning … Read more
One of my colleagues shared this video the other day that had been shown at one of our district trainings. On one hand (with one, two, three, four, five fingers), it’s quite funny. On the other hand, it is a bit scary – because we probably all had teachers like that at one time or … Read more
How can you engage your students in a lesson about patterns, while making sure they use the scientific process, graph their data, analyze their data, and make accurate predictions based on that data? By incorporating dance, of course! “Dance By Number“, a lesson that can be found at Stem4Teachers, is guaranteed to make your classroom … Read more
Ever since I saw a presentation on Augmented Reality at TCEA this year, I have been pumped about using it in my classroom. However, I haven’t seen a lot of user-friendly applications for every-day teachers yet. I tried desperately to get AR Sights to work on my Mac at home and on my PC at school, and … Read more