Teach Children Well

My colleague, Susan Cherwinski +Susan Cherwinski  (@SJCteach) , and I created this poster to guide student-centered, engaging classroom peda...

In education, every minute matters. Effective, regular communication serves to connect and maximize our collective efforts. Ineffecti...

Inspiration for our Sound Unit End Product Prototypes I want to use what I learned from the Marble Maze Simple Machine exploration to in...

It's important to assess and evaluate your role every now and then. Looking at your role with both a broad and narrow lens helps you to ...

STEAMwork is also a bumpy road.! I will frame family's experience of today's informal STEAM open house with the following words:...

Tomorrow I've invited parents in to see the marble maze simple machine projects. I hesitated to do this because the projects are not a...

We're transitioning from one emphasis to another so it's a good time to get organized. Without the usual patterns and routines, st...

Some routines that successful students employ are not employed by other students. Why? Simply put, there was not enough repetition, feed...

Educators tend culture. They tend the culture of their classrooms, schools and systems.  Recently I outlined a list of   important aspects o...

At times when one looks out into the world, he or she may feel frustration or even anger and think, Why aren't things different, or Why ...

We had another great #blendchat tonight.  Terrific ideas. You can read the chat at Storify. My big take away was that next year I...

Our first #blendchat occurred at edcampbos in April.  Then in May, we had our fist  online chat . Tonight is our second online chat. As...

George Couros' post,  Insanity , prompted me to write this morning. I've been following the many discussions about grading and a...

The furniture has been shifted to make room for our upcoming endangered species open house.  The projects are nearing completion. Now i...

A day in school can be long particularly when the demands outnumber the minutes in a day, but no matter what we do, we will do a good job if...

Students enjoy making films, and there are so many tools for easy film making available today. If you've made a film, you understand h...

Homework poses a dilemma for most educators. One colleague describes it as "the three bears" dilemma: too much, too little, just...

I actually don't like the term gifted. Like every other label, the term  gifted never fully and accurately describes a person. However,...

Today we'll set the stage for optimal test taking.  Tomorrow and Thursday students will take the math MCAS tests. Students and I will ...

#edcampbos prompted me to lead a #blendchat last night at 8 EST to discuss blended learning. What is a blended learning environment?  In t...