Educators, let me ask you a question: Where do you feel you most BELONG? At a coffee shop catching up with a friend? In the garden? Reading bedtime stories to your kids? In your classroom? I'm going to guess this is also the place where you feel confident trying new th...
As our students head back to the classroom, emotions can run high, cycling between excitement and fear. From the moment they first walk into the classroom, students are evaluating teacher credibility, consciously or unconsciously asking:
Have you ever wondered why so many of us make New Year’s resolutions? I mean, there are 365-ish days per year and any one of them is just as good as another for making a meaningful life change. So why are Google searches for the word “diet” 82% higher on January 1 than on a typical day? Dan Pink, in his recent book...
The new school year is just around the corner and that means you are probably preparing for many teachers’ least favorite events: meetings. But--it doesn’t have to be this way! Productive and positive staff meetings are shown to boost morale, lower stress and frustrations, a...
Philosophical Chairs is a versatile and engaging student discussion strategy. If your students are a little restless at the end of the year, Philosophical Chairs harnesses that energy and all that students have learned. Using Philosophical Chairs, students will:
Have you ever put hours into planning a new unit, feeling excited about the content and activities, only to have students express disinterest from day one? It’s so discouraging! This project-based learning activity can turn your entire unit 180 degrees–providing opportunities for students to direct their learning! Now, I’m not promising you will...
You've probably heard buzz about project-based learning, but what exactly IS it? PBL is a lot more than "doing projects." Watch the video below to learn what it is (and is not) and read about some of the positive outcomes of PBL . https://youtu.be/r5bv7QLz1Vs
If you ever feel like you aren't using Zoom to its fullest potential or can't keep up with new features, check out the video below: 11 things you didn't know you could do in Zoom. https://youtu.be/Nx5n2-1TlMw Topics include: 1. Sharing slides as a virtual background 2. Sharing just a portion of your screen 3. Annotating on a shared screen 4. Pinn...
When you start a new unit, do your students know what they will be doing and learning? Do they understand why? And do they have a say in any of it? Implementing a driving question can help you answer ‘YES” to each of these questions.
