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Context is King
I have vivid memories of my high school chemistry class. I can almost feel the splintered wood chair beneath my legs and smell the sourish, sweet scent that filled the room (the origin of which, I never dared to ask). I was a fairly successful student, but chemistry left…
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Grit Does Not Apply To Worksheets
One of the things that really gets my nerd juices going is Angela Duckworth’s research on grit. I am personally a big fan of hard work, so this idea of grittiness really appeals to me. (I won’t be recounting the depth of her research here, but if you are…
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What I’m Reading – Tribe Of Mentors
Looking for a source of reflection and insight to start the new year? Why not get advice directly from our world most successful, intelligent, and all around interesting people? In Tribe of Mentors, Tim Ferriss curated a series of interviews, which offers us just that!
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Is Curiosity The Exception Or The Norm? My #ONEWORD2018
“I wish I loved to read the way you love to read. It is so hard for me to get through a book.” I had just finished sharing some information from a book I was reading, when a colleague of mine made this statement. The comment itself was mostly…
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Happy Birthday #HackingPBL – FREE Course For You
Ross: What do you think about writing a book on PBL? Me: I think you’re crazy. Ross: Just think about it. If I’m being honest, I tried not to think about it. Unfortunately, the idea got stuck in my head. At first I fixated mostly on my failures: terrible…
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#PersonalizedLiteracy – Tackling the Whole Class Novel
One of the things I find myself talking about a lot is our work to transition to Personalized Literacy classrooms. In classrooms where literacy is personalized, students spend time reading and writing in class. They also have the opportunity to talk about their reading and writing with teachers, classmates,…
