PBL: Careers and Questions - How I used a single-point rubric and technology to work over an old res
Twelve years ago, I was finishing up my first year teaching. I developed a career research report with my guidance counselor. She came in...
TQEs, Hyperdocs, and Notice and Note
This week, my 7th grade ELA students did some amazing work while analyzing the first five chapters Lois Lowry's The Giver. I should note,...
Notice and Note Stations
Channeling Pernille Ripp, Kylene Beers and Robert Probst, I decided to create some stations in order to help introduce my students to the...
What if I stopped grading next marking period?
I love and hate grades. So much so, that I'm typing a blog post over a break that I promised NOT to devote to schoolwork. (Seriously,...
Drawing and Coloring - Alternative Research Thoughts
In a discussion with my internship advisor regarding the results of my research project, I remarked how it was interesting that 21/22...
Public Service Announcements in the Classroom
In Kylene Beer's and Robert Probst's Disrupting Thinking, they focus a lot on Book-Head-Heart reading. When we read, we read what the...
Timely Feedback and The Writing Assignment
One of the toughest things for any educator to do is leave timely feedback on writing. It becomes a tough choice between offering timely...
Divergent Thought Analysis
In my research project, Divergent Thinking in the Technology Integrated Classroom, I collected data from twenty-two different educators...
Creativity in Writing and Observation
One of my goals this year is to understand and utilize more creativity in my classroom in addition to trying to understand how we, as...
The BSMS Wingspan - An Experiment in Blogging
I have been to several professional development seminars and seen several keynote speakers and read several professional development...
