Expired Assumptions: They’ll Do It Because You Say So
Relevance isn’t just one of the three R’s popular in educational news and blogs. When students have so many choices in what they can learn and how they can learn it, relevance is key. Maybe when you...
View ArticleExpired Assumptions: Your Students Need You In Order To Learn
For some things, yes…they do need you. But not for everything. My oldest son needed me (and others) to help him to learn how to read and to understand the meaning of many words. But once he could read...
View ArticleA “Stranger” Hugged Me Yesterday
I took a trip to the main office recently and met four women who I have worked with for the past 6 months, but never met in person. Two of the four hugged me when they were introduced to me. What does...
View ArticleYour students are prepared for the test…but not for life.
Kudo’s to A. J. Juliani’s guest blog post on Edutopia about employing the smart “20% time” concept to schools. Innovated originally by Google (heard of them, right?) it is the practice of allowing...
View ArticleSatisfy the Cat – Student Centered Course Design
If you’re like most educators who have the pleasure of designing your own course before/while teaching it, you probably do something like this: Identify the topics/standards to be covered Sketch out a...
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