The Work Students Should Be Doing

The Work Students Should Be Doing

This is a project that one of our students completed at home. Earlier in the year, she took advantage of a four day weekend and made this vending machine out…
5 Ways to Ring in the New Year!

5 Ways to Ring in the New Year!

  Happy New Year! 2018 is the perfect time to make some radical improvements in your classroom. Start off your return to the classroom by implementing some of these changes.…
The Finish

The Finish

  I have been reading Finish by Jon Acuff and was inspired to share.   Many people will focus today on how they will start the year.  Many will establish their…
One Thing

One Thing

  In his blog posted titled, The wasteful fraud of sorting for youth meritocracy: Stop Stealing Dreams, Seth Godin asks, "Let's talk about school and figure out what we're trying…
5 Strategies for Improving Writing Instruction

5 Strategies for Improving Writing Instruction

  Each day, we have the opportunity to help students grow as writers. In many classrooms however, writing instruction often fails to inspire students to become writers. Try these strategies…
Make Your Day Meaningful

Make Your Day Meaningful

  What will you do today to make your day meaningful? What will you achieve? What will you accomplish? What will you change? Who will you help?   How will…
Creating

Creating

  When we create, we roam the edges of possibility.   Each mark, Each stroke, Each word, Each move, Each sound, Each addition (and each subtraction) has the potential to…
Serve the Person

Serve the Person

  If the goal of art education is to reproduce an image that doesn’t interest the maker   or   to  create a work in a specific genre that doesn’t…
The 4 Hour School Week

The 4 Hour School Week

  I recently listened to the Unemployable podcast with Tim Ferriss, who is the author of several books including the Four Hour Work Week. While the book is several years…
Genius is a Journey

Genius is a Journey

  Geniuses produce more ideas than non-geniuses. Like all of us, many of their ideas, aren't all that sensational. But also like all of us, their bad work is a…