Join the Conversation

Join the Conversation

  Connecting and sharing via social media has allowed me to progress as an educator. I have found the daily conversations and interactions to challenge my thinking, and to help…
Prove Engagement

Prove Engagement

  In education we need to worry less about proving that our students are learning and worry more about proving that students are DOING personally meaningful, ENGAGING Work.   Doing…
Time to Fail

Time to Fail

  We are not giving ourselves enough time to fail.  We take something that is successful and we try to reproduce it. When one thing works in one situation we…
Not Just The Hours

Not Just The Hours

  There has long been debate over teacher pay.  Some people, usually those outside of education, believe that teachers are paid too much. As the thinking goes, they get summers…
Opinions are Free!

Opinions are Free!

  It doesn't cost anything to ask someone their opinion.  If we want to know if our schools are working then we should ask the opinions of those that matter. …
Mindfulness Techniques from Team NüYü

Mindfulness Techniques from Team NüYü

  A group of middle school students stood in the front of the room. They stood before a great number of adults, and talked about how stressed they were. They…
Bad Days

Bad Days

  I have bad days. My students have bad days.   We talk About having bad days.   Pick something easy I tell them. So they can get started. So…
Coloring Goals

Coloring Goals

  Color inside the lines! We've all heard it.  We've probably all said it.  But it's wrong.  And we all know it.  Go to any art museum and you'll see. …
The Device Conundrum

The Device Conundrum

  As parents, we may grapple daily with the device conundrum. Do our kids spend too much time on their phones? Are they able to engage socially without their phones?…