This week is spring break, and I am at my computer: studying, writing, grading, lesson planning, and writing summer courses for both middle school and higher education. The benefit of technology means I have so much information at my fingertips. From a collaborative community of educators online to finding new resources for students and teachers […]
On February 14, 2018, a student killed 17 people, 14 students and three teachers, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida . He (I choose not to share the names of shooters in this or future blog posts) injured 16 more in a massacre that would cause conversations about gun control, mental illness, […]
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Several years ago, I attended my first EdCamp, and it changed everything. I love attending education conferences, but the commitment (time and financial) can be difficult to maintain. Enter EdCamp. Here’s the gist of what EdCamp is. Teachers gather together, present a list of topics they’re interested in discussing, and a schedule is built. Educators […]
When it comes to personalized learning in the classroom, no single thing has been as powerful as Genius Hour for my students. Genius Hour has its early foundations at companies like Google which gave their employees 20 percent of their work week to study and implement innovative ideas that would better the company. Ideas like […]
