There are a lot of thoughts and ideas swirling around in my brain these days. So many that I have not been able to pin something down to write about, and so I have been silent for a while. I am silent because when things get tough in life, I tend to turn inside myself, […]
Read more "When the going gets tough…"Photo by: Marek Wylamowski How awesome would it be if you were able to create a textbook together with your students? Well now you can! If you haven’t been introduced to Flipboard, I am formally introducing you now. It’s like Pinterest, except if Pinterest were a magazine rather than a page of images. Website: flipboard.com In […]
Read more "Flipboard. Rethinking Textbooks."“You have to reach the heart before you can reach the head.” (Carter Bayton) Academic time is precious, it’s true. Especially with the amount of content we are expecting students to master these days. So spending a few minutes at the beginning of each day (or period if you are a secondary teacher) reaching the heart […]
Read more "Running a Successful Class Meeting: The Basics"One of the most influential books that has helped me stay positive and proactive in my teaching is Positive Discipline in the Classroom. This photo of my copy doesn’t even do justice to the notes, stickies and warn pages. My copy is now over 18 years old and still going strong. (This year it is actually […]
Read more "Building Relationships Through Class Meetings"As an instructional coach I find myself working with teachers around classroom management more than any other topic. And the ironic thing is that this is the one area that I excel, yet it is the hardest for me to articulate. Anyone else have that same problem? I have been pondering now over a year, […]
Read more "Relationships are the Key to Everything!"There has been a huge movement to use technology in our district. How about yours? I love it! I love the fact that our district has embraced the fact that technology is the future for our kids, and rather than taking it away from them for the six or so hours they are at school, […]
Read more "Bullet Journals for your Analog Brain"Book: Put Thinking to the Test Author(s): Lori L. Conrad, Missy Matthews, Cheryl Zimmerman, and Patrick A. Allen Number of Pages: 184 Readability: (√) Like talking with a friend, ( ) Academic but readable, ( ) Max brain power required! In a nutshell: Metacognition meets high stakes tests. Help your students tackle high stakes tests by teaching them to […]
Read more "Geek is the New Chic! (Put Thinking to the Test)"Questions are something I have loved from a young age. My thirst for knowledge has been huge from the time I was a young child, and because my parents were both busy (my mom having loads of babies to take care of, and my father working every minute to pay for the loads of babies), […]
Read more "Questions. Who should be asking them?"Periodical: Educational Leadership Magazine Number of Pages: 96 ish per month Readability: (√) Like talking with a friend, ( ) Academic but readable, ( ) Max brain power required! In a nutshell: “With a circulation of 135,000, EL is acknowledged throughout the world as an authoritative source of information about teaching and learning, new ideas and practices relevant […]
Read more "Geek is the New Chic! (EL Magazine)"All great teachers are geeks… it’s true. If you are going to be effective, you have to constantly read about best practices in education, and then apply what you have learned. It takes some true dedication! So today, I am going to help you out by starting a part of my blog that deals with […]
Read more "Geek is the New Chic! (Simplifying RTI)"
Introverted Instructional Coach 