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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…
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5 Ways to Make May (Or June) More Meaningful
Many teachers and students will soon start their countdown until the end of the year. Unfortunately, they may waste the time that's left this year. Instead of counting down…
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Time to Tinker
I've been tinkering with the idea of tinkering. This is where my tinkering has led... Beyond teaching literacy and math, the most important concept and skill we can teach our…
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An Empty Can
This is a picture of the nearly empty garbage can in my office at the end of the day. There are just a few sticky notes with scribbles on…
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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…
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7 Classroom Ideas to Inspire Students
Is your classroom suffering from a lack of inspiration and creativity? Try these ideas to help inspire yourself and students. Rich (@RACzyz)
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10 Things I Wish Teachers Knew
I was recently asked what 10 things I wish teachers knew by a friend looking to share the answer with undergrad teaching candidates. So, here is my list: The…
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Creative Generation
To Create a Creative Generation We need to Create a Generation that Generates Ideas I recently listened to Malcolm Gladwell interview Adam Grant. You can watch their conversation…
10 Most Popular Visuals of 2016!
Our 10 Most Popular Visuals of 2016! 1. 5 Alternatives to Reading Logs 2. 7 Ideas for Student Reflection 3. Questions We Should Be Asking Students 4. 5 Academic Skills…