It’s thrown around a lot. But what does it really mean?
I can’t remember the last week we had a full week of school. Between snow days, cold days, and now an ice day, I think it was December the last time I had the pleasure of being with our students for five days in a row.
Students learn about the regions of the brain and their function. Then, they build a model to visualize in real-time what happens when the brain collides with the skull. Next, they design methods to protect and mitigate the effects of collisions.
Tom Webster’s Podcast Movement keynote about podcasting’s need to find “The Show” was a watershed moment for the industry in 2018. It feels like a message that podcasting needed to hear.
Over Christmas break, I spent some time with my in-laws down in Ocean City. One of my favorite people to hang out with was there: my 3 year-old-niece. She is hysterical, 3 going on 16, and she loves to watch YouTube.
Content Matters. I know this has become a somewhat controversial position to hold as a teacher but having information to draw from is a necessary foundation for critical and creative thinking.
Anchor, one of the best new podcast creation tools to emerge in the last few years, has been acquired by Spotify. In an email sent to users and in this blog post Anchor’s founders announced the acquisition.
On Monday I wrote about a couple of image-based search challenges that I do with students. I use those challenges as a way to get students to think about all of the search tools and search strategies that they have at their disposal.
The world interacts digitally. We are failing our students by not helping them to be users of digital technology. As we debate the value of teaching cursive it is undeniable that students will be using technology outside of school in the real world.
Although English idioms don’t make sense at first, these unique expressions (together with proverbs) add substance and humor to our conversations.
Learning is a process that never stops. Only those who can understand this age-old truth can succeed in their careers and be the pioneers of their field. What is it that differentiates you from any other candidate in your domain? It is your skills.
What better way to mark Safer Internet Day than with clarity on the difference between risk and harm? Because, where online safety’s concerned, the two words have been used interchangeably – inaccurately – for years.
Valentine’s Day is around the corner! This holiday is a great time for students to be creative and share how much they appreciate and care for others.
Remember the stories about the long waiting lists to get into charters? In Los Angeles, more than 80% of all charter schools have vacancies.
So, your district is considering a switch to Standards Based Grading (SBG)….