“What did you learn in school today?” It’s easy to resort to cliches when talking to kids about school. Here are some alternatives.
Genius Hour in the classroom is driven by curiosity. Critical principles include inquiry, purpose, socialization, and design.
Citing social media in scholary writing? For twitter: @Username. “Full text of tweet.” Twitter, Day month year posted, time posted, URL.
This Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy helps teachers evaluate and design digital tasks like ChatGPT use, blogging, podcasting, and more.
“We’ve always done it this way” is one of the most dangerous phrases we can use—and this danger extends to education, as well.
Team-Building games for the first day of school include Green Door, I never…, Me too!, Fact or Fiction, and Count to Ten.
This guide to questioning in the classroom views questions as signs of understanding, not ignorance–the ability to see what you’re missing.
If our curriculum is thinking, if our job is (excuse the convenient phrasing) teaching thought, our goals as educators change.