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…