Repairing Harm: A Better Alternative to Punishment
Listen to my interview with Nathan Maynard and Brad Weinstein (transcript): Sponsored by Public Consulting Group and ViewSonic This post contains Amazon Affiliate links. When you make a purchase...
View ArticleThe Time I Made a Fart Sound During a Test
Listen to this post as a podcast: Sponsored by Public Consulting Group and ViewSonic This is a stupid story. I’m telling it for several reasons: One, I’m a little burned out on teaching strategies...
View Article6 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2020
Listen to this post as a podcast: Sponsored by Pear Deck and ViewSonic It’s that time again!! As I do every January, I’m releasing an all-new update of my Teacher’s Guide to Tech. If you’re not...
View ArticleMaking Cooperative Learning Work Better
Listen to this post as a podcast: Sponsored by Pear Deck and Participate As a middle school English teacher, I incorporated plenty of group work into my instruction. I did it for a number of...
View ArticleDistance Learning: A Gently Curated Collection of Resources for Teachers
Listen to this post as a podcast: Sponsored by World101 and Listenwise Disclaimer 1: This post was written in the Spring of 2020 as a response to the COVID-19 outbreak, so a lot of the information...
View ArticleReopening School: What it Might Look Like
Listen to this post as a podcast: Sponsored by PowerSchool and ViewSonic I don’t need to give you much background here: As you all know, schools have been closed worldwide in response to the...
View ArticleBackward Design: The Basics
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View Article9 Ways Online Teaching Should be Different from Face-to-Face
Listen to my interview with Melanie Kitchen (transcript): Sponsored by PowerSchool and ISTE U It’s a pretty safe bet that most teachers will be doing some form of online teaching in the coming year....
View ArticleA Few Creative Ways to Use Student Blogs
Listen to this post as a podcast: Sponsored by Pear Deck and ISTE U When you hear the word “blog,” what do you think of? When blogs first started showing up on the internet, most were basically...
View ArticleHistorically Responsive Literacy: A More Complete Education for All Students
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View ArticleCreating Moments of Genuine Connection Online
Listen to my interview with Dave Stuart Jr. (transcript): Sponsored by Pear Deck and UL Xplorlabs If you’re reading this in August of 2020, you’re most likely in the midst of juggling a hundred...
View Article4 Laws of Learning (and How to Follow Them)
Listen to this post as a podcast: Sponsored by Pear Deck and UL Xplorlabs Teaching is a complex, multifaceted, dynamic profession. New ideas, new tools, and new strategies are coming at you all the...
View ArticleHow to Teach When Everyone is Scattered
Listen to this post as a podcast: Sponsored by Teaching Channel and UL Xplorlabs Let’s go back for a moment to a simpler time, back to 2019 when you may have “struggled to differentiate.” When you...
View ArticleSubversion: An Essential Tool of the Master Teacher
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View ArticleWhat’s Possible with Green Screens in the Classroom
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View ArticleConnecting Students in a Disconnected World
Listen to this post as a podcast: Sponsored by Listenwise and National Geographic Education Even before 2020, building relationships between students was an important ingredient in making school...
View Article6 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2021
Listen to this post as a podcast: Sponsored by Kialo Edu and National Geographic Education It’s hard to imagine a time in recent history when we had more distractions, more challenges, more stuff to...
View ArticleIt’s Time to Give Classroom Jobs Another Try
Listen to my interview with Thom Gibson (transcript): Sponsored by Kialo Edu and Kiddom This might be the perfect time for this topic. At first I just thought it was a neat idea, something teachers...
View ArticleThe Elegance of the Gray Area
Art by Matthew Clark Listen to this post as a podcast: Sponsored by Kialo Edu and Kiddom I once observed an argument between two friends of mine. Two men in their twenties; we’ll call them Joe and Lee....
View ArticleBuild it Together: Co-Constructing Success Criteria with Students
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