Well, our caterpillars(we have 3) are not real active yet. We don’t seem to see them do much of anything, but when we wake up in the morning the leaves…Read more
education
Lego Building Challenge Begins
This summer I taught Moving To Middle. It is a class to help out the upcoming 6th graders. In my small group I gave one student each day a pack…Read more
FLL Senior Solutions – Intro Video For My Robodogs
I created this short little intro video for our Robodogs Lego Robotics team for the Senior Solutions season. The package came yesterday so I thought it would be fun to…Read more
Language Arts Teaching Idea About Grammar
I was reading online last night and came across this article – http://m.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2012/08/imagined-lives-punctuation-marks/56023/ The author creates these made up stories of various punctuation marks. I thought it was pretty clever….Read more
Short But True
I saw this tweet out on Twitter last night and it is so true. “Thanks for that amazing worksheet!” – No Student Ever #edchat What is it that will allow students…Read more
Don’t Let The Institution of Education Bring You Down
Keep pursuing your passions and ambitions. Yes, there are times in education when teachers feel restricted due to mandates, scheduling, protocols, etc.(you can insert any acronym you like). However, stay…Read more
First Lego League: Senior Solutions Is About To Begin!
I love Robotics. I love Legos. So, it is only natural that I coach First Lego League. Today I saw some blog posts from a few teams that have received…Read more
Textbooks need to go and so does our current way of teaching
I just read this post that contained a letter from a former high school student about how textbooks are not the answer. It was weird reading this as I just…Read more
This just blew my mind about collaboration
One of my favorite education blogs is http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com Today I watched this video posted on the site. It is a TED talk(my obsession that I cannot stay away from). This…Read more
Don’t Focus On Technology Because….
if you put all your marbles into the latest greatest technology tool and forget about the essential teaching one day your “latest greatest” technology will be old news like this…Read more