I am reading Daniel Pink, To Sell Is Human. As I read I have marked down some passages that I think are worth discussing. I am trying to read this…Read more
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A New System For Identifying Gifted Education – My New Pursuit and Passion PART 2
Here is a link to Part 1 of my Gifted Education Screening Idea I have continued to ponder my idea of how we screen for gifted education. Here are just…Read more
Flat Classroom: Eracism Round 1: AMAZING!
This year I have students participating in another Flat Classroom Project. I have 16 8th grade students taking part in the Eracism project which is an international debate. A link…Read more
Quail Update: 4 Days Old
Last Friday we finally had class with our 5th grade ELP students. They were so excited about the quail. We talked about what had developed since we had class the…Read more
Edmodo Video Segment
I agreed to help out another teacher with her presentation on the power of Edmodo. Here is the quick 3 minute video clip I created showcasing and talking about the…Read more
QUAIL HATCH!!!!
Late last night when I thought all was lost I was surprised to find one still alive. I thought it was a lost cause to be honest and the reason…Read more
5th Grade ELP Interest Inventory
Last week I shared the results from the interest inventory of my 4th grade class. Today I wanted to share the results from my 5th grade class. Much like I…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
After all, regurgitation is easy, but putting knowledge into practice is the difficult challenge.
Source of idea: http://www.hightechhigh.org/unboxed/issue8/wild_about_cramlington/ Can you remember what they were?” Immediately, the students name every single one. After all, regurgitation is easy, but putting knowledge into practice is the difficult…Read more
My Eureka Idea: Teaching Social Studies and History BACKWARDS!
I had an amazing idea today. Seriously, I think this is big. Maybe it has been thought of before. Maybe it is currently being taught and I just don’t know…Read more