I have noticed a lot of discussion in education circles recently concerning teaching students online. Concerns over COVID-19 have prompted some schools to close and educators are wondering how to teach their middle & high school students online. I’ve seen lists of websites and various technologies that can be used, but through it all something …
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FIVE End-Of-School-Year Online Activities Are you feeling at a loss for activities to do at the end of the school year? In today’s post, I share five fun ideas for end of school year activities that can be used in an online middle school classroom. https://youtu.be/Uc4R6cBqLP4 VIDEO TRANSCRIPT And so what I thought, was that …
I can just imagine the quizzical looks as fellow teachers think to themselves, “You want your students to do what?”
In the world of education, the word “failure” is almost as bad as a curse word. It’s full of negative connotations and it can be a heavy burden to bear for most students.
The education system has created a generation of students who are afraid to get things wrong. They have been trained to believe that there is only one right way to do things or there is only one right answer.
This year has been the toughest I have experienced in my whole teaching career. The stress of my job became so overwhelming I ended up taking a 3 month leave of absence. It was probably one of the best things I ever did because it helped to provide a lot of clarity and perspective for …
Classroom is an incredible new product developed by Google available to anyone with access to Apps for Education, a free suite of Google tools (Drive, Gmail, etc). In a nutshell, teachers are able to setup classes quickly and add students directly or share an invitation code. Within minutes your whole class can have access and be ready …
