About a month ago, this image on Twitter caught my eye. I like to think of myself as a teacher “in the know” and someone who is “techy” in the classroom, but this particular image listed out some concepts I knew, some I wanted to work on, and a few I had never heard of….
There’s a Story Behind Every Blog Name
Today my class was working on a quick paragraph assignment and we came to the conclusion that despite brainstorming and copious note-taking, the hardest part of writing is the beginning. Don’t get me wrong, the pre-writing is challenging and thought provoking. It requires mental energy. You have to be somewhat focused. But writing the first…
Critical Thinking Made Easy – Metaphors
In an era of critical thinking, higher level thinking, abstract thinking, inferential thinking, complex thinking, thinking outside the box, problem-based thinking, text-dependent thinking… you get the idea. Today’s students are expected to think. As teachers, it can be difficult to find strategies to balance the development of the adolescent brain and highly interactive lessons students…
Time to Start a Blog – This is Me Being More Dog
Writing. Why do we do it? To capture ideas from a particular moment in time – perhaps. To express ourselves – maybe. To connect with others – possibly. The answer is ultimately different for everyone. It may not be a million dollar question, but it is at the heart of where a blog begins. Over…
Hallway Murmurs 