passion

Can we push our kids too much and too far?

Reading an article in ParentsĀ as part of my self experiment to push my comfort zone and perceptions I read about the issue of the amount of pressure we place on…Read more

Who else wants to be a Purple Cow for Education? #coffeechugPLN

This post started out as a book review for Seth Godin’s book Purple Cow, but morphed into something much more. If you have read Purple Cow, then this post will…Read more

How Coffeechug Uses Evernote: Part 1

If you have thought about using Evernote, then this post may provide you one example of the benefits to this amazing piece of software/web tool/app. I started to use Evernote…Read more

001: Coffeechug Cafe – Passion Driven Classroom

This is not a pristine podcast, but it is real and raw. I don’t have a theme song(anyone want to make one?) and the tools I have are quite simple:…Read more

Passion Starts With The Eyes: Don’t Lose Your Students!

This morning it dawned on me that passion emits from us directly from our eyes. This is the essential signal sender that tells people in a split second whether you…Read more

Top 5 Posts from last 30 days

Below are my top five most popular posts from the last thirty days. I am working through Platform University created by Michael Hyatt and after seeing Cool Cat Teacher Vicki…Read more

Passion Is Key To Education

Here I am in the summer. School has been out for over 3 weeks and I am super excited about the learning taking place. Earlier in the year starting in…Read more

#Choose2Matter Week 1 Reflections, Guidance, and Blog Topics

I was trying to think about ways to help guide my students for the Choose2Matter project created by Angelia Maeiers. I am currently working with around 30 students in grades…Read more