I started the summer by challenging myself to write a blog post every day about something we can do to improve instruction and learning in the classroom. The issue is that this is causing me to force ideas instead of coming to them naturally. So I am modifying my challenge to myself to keep focusing…
My summer is full of books that I either want to read or have to read. I have the text about cognitive psychology and learning I have to read for my Masters class, the book about instructional coaching I am reading as part of work I do with our other instructional coaches and then there…
I did not meet my goal yesterday to blog every day this summer as I was dealing with a sick kid. My son was sick with a fever as well as other symptoms which meant I was pretty busy with him. Point of advice, if you suspect any chance your kid might be sick, do…
Instead of a quick post about something you can change quickly in the classroom, I had another idea for today’s post and it was inspired by my son. My son is 3 years old and has no fear when it comes to trying out a new toy or anything else that he can play with.…
One thing that I am really looking forward to this summer is the online PD class that we are doing for our MS and HS teachers. About 13 signed up for this experience, they will get renewal credit, and it is focusing on becoming digital teachers and learners. One important aspect had to include some…
One of the things we had to do when I was student teaching involved recording a lesson we were teaching in order to better reflect on how we could improve. This was something that was very useful as a student teacher but is something that I have not really done much since then. Which is…
One thing that can help greatly in the classroom is to reflect daily on your teaching practice. Reflect on well the lesson went, how the students did with the content for the day and how the class flowed. It is important to take time to reflect in order to make sure that we are constantly…
Students tend to be more engaged in a class when they feel like they are an active part of the learning process instead of just a bystander. One thing that I always enjoyed was allowing the students to help guide where we would go next in class or how we would go learning about our…
Today I led a PD session on using Social Media in the Classroom and the big idea that I think many need to hear is that we can use social media to share what is going on in our classroom. One easy thing you can do is to share what is going on in your…
One of the things I loved when I was in a 1:1 classroom was that I was better able to make sure that everyone was able to ask questions and get the feedback that they needed and wanted. We know that we have certain students that will always ask a question and have no fear…
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