Your Top 10 Genius Hour Questions Answered
Listen to this post as a podcast or read the transcript (sponsored by Kiddom): We hear all the time about how we need to give students more choice. About how we should be helping them discover their...
View ArticleAfter the Election: A To-Do List
Since the election results were announced, I haven’t mentioned them in any public forum. I was too overwhelmed, and I didn’t want to muddy the waters here; I wanted to stay focused on teaching. But...
View ArticleCreating a Welcoming Classroom for Students with Special Needs
Listen to my interview with Jam Gamble, or read a full transcript here. I can remember the first time I taught students with special needs. I was teaching sixth grade, and twelve students with...
View Article9 Simple Solutions for Common Teaching Problems
Listen to my interview with Mark Barnes (or read a full transcript): [This post contains Amazon Affiliate links; if you make a purchase from Amazon after going there through my links, I receive a...
View ArticleKeeka Earphones: A Fresh Idea for Your Next Fundraiser
This is a sponsored post. All opinions are my own. Let’s suppose your school or club needs to raise some money. You could keep it simple with something like a bake sale, but you might need to have...
View Article6 Powerful Learning Strategies You MUST Share with Students
Interview with Megan Smith and Yana Weinstein ( transcript): What does the word “study” mean to you? Have you ever told your students to study for a test? Have you ever actually taught them how to...
View ArticleKeep Parents in the Loop with ClassTag
This is a sponsored post. All opinions are my own. Most teachers would like parents to be more involved in their children’s education. The problem is we still haven’t figured out the best way to...
View ArticleRunaway Youth: How Teachers Can Help
Listen to my interview with Maureen Blaha, Executive Director of the National Runaway Safeline (transcript): Because our mission is to serve and teach kids, any issue that impacts them has the...
View ArticleIs Your Classroom Academically Safe?
“Diving” by Khalid Mir is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Listen to this post as a podcast (sponsored by Kiddom): The scenario is all too familiar to me: One of my kids comes home with an assignment to...
View ArticleGraphic Novels in the Classroom: A Teacher Roundtable
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View ArticleHow to Approach Your Teaching Like a Master Chef
Listen to my interview with John Stevens and Matt Vaudrey, or read a full transcript here. If you’ve been looking for a boost of inspiration lately, something to help you engage students deeply...
View Article8 Great Educational Podcasts for Kids
As we seek to enhance instruction with technology, one tool we might not think of is podcasts. These can be used in flipped classrooms or blended learning models in the same way you might use...
View ArticleIs Your Lesson a Grecian Urn?
Listen to this post as a podcast (sponsored by Kiddom): An earlier version of this post was published in 2013. This is an updated version. A few years ago, I was working with a group of student...
View ArticleYour Top 10 Genius Hour Questions Answered
Listen to this post as a podcast or read the transcript (sponsored by Kiddom): We hear all the time about how we need to give students more choice. About how we should be helping them discover their...
View ArticleAfter the Election: A To-Do List
Since the election results were announced, I haven’t mentioned them in any public forum. I was too overwhelmed, and I didn’t want to muddy the waters here; I wanted to stay focused on teaching. But...
View ArticleCreating a Welcoming Classroom for Students with Special Needs
Listen to my interview with Jam Gamble, or read a full transcript here. I can remember the first time I taught students with special needs. I was teaching sixth grade, and twelve students with...
View Article9 Simple Solutions for Common Teaching Problems
Listen to my interview with Mark Barnes (or read a full transcript): [This post contains Amazon Affiliate links; if you make a purchase from Amazon after going there through my links, I receive a...
View ArticleKeeka Earphones: A Fresh Idea for Your Next Fundraiser
This is a sponsored post. All opinions are my own. Let’s suppose your school or club needs to raise some money. You could keep it simple with something like a bake sale, but you might need to have...
View Article6 Powerful Learning Strategies You MUST Share with Students
Interview with Megan Smith and Yana Weinstein ( transcript): What does the word “study” mean to you? Have you ever told your students to study for a test? Have you ever actually taught them how to...
View ArticleKeep Parents in the Loop with ClassTag
This is a sponsored post. All opinions are my own. Most teachers would like parents to be more involved in their children’s education. The problem is we still haven’t figured out the best way to...
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