Sitting on the plane leaving the 75 degree sunshine heading back home to the state of Iowa where I anxiously await seeing my wife and kids I am ready to…Read more
Deeper Learning 2015 Conference Reflection
2015
Savage Park Reminds Me About Importance of Play
I needed to step away from reading books on education and productivity. With my latest batch of books from the library(currently have 56 checked out) I read Savage Park by…Read more
Microsoft Surface Pro 3: Episode 2 – Booting Up The Surface
In this post I wanted to show how easy and quick it is to get up and running with the Microsoft Surface. I documented the process from turning it on…Read more
31 Days of Deeper Learning & PBL Blog Series | 2: What is DL and PBL?
In my first post of this series I launched the reasons for why I need to discuss at length the topic of Deeper Learning and PBL. I want to move from…Read more
Young Engineers of Today Spring Lab 5: PVC Trebuchet Part 2
Monday and Tuesday night were a blur of excitement, cheering, design genius, design flaws, and more. We had our 5th lab for Young Engineers of Today Monday and Tuesday night. What…Read more
Microsoft Surface Pro 3: Unboxing
This the start to a long running new series where I will be documenting and featuring how to use the Microsoft Surface Pro 3. My goal and aim is to…Read more
Transforming Schools: Using PBL, Performance Assessment, And Common Core Standards
I have been doing a lot more research and book reading this year to make an effort to really educate myself around solid principles in project based learning, deeper learning,…Read more
Culture of Revision
Most schools have the same philosophy or culture whether they readily admit it or not. This culture is the mindset of “one and done”. This transaction of turn in the…Read more
5 Paragraph Essays of Barf Have Been Replaced By
student created videos that do not really showcase learning. When was the last time you as a teacher created a video project or an option for video in your classroom to…Read more
5 Keys to Instructional Coaching
After another quarter of being an instructional coach I have learned so many things. Many ideas are still in development. I am working to find ways to bring them to…Read more