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Choose Your Own Adventure
When I was a boy, I was a reluctant reader. There were three types of reading that I enjoyed: magazines, newspapers, and Choose Your Own Adventure books. These books were…
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Learning Lab: 5 Easy STEM Challenges
Learning Lab serves as an opportunity to attain a specific strategy, lesson idea, or resource for your classroom. Everyday educators find a variety of activities that work in the classroom.…
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What would 3rd grade me think?
I was recently listening to a podcast by author Jon Acuff, who has written a few books about his career changes and his desire to be a writer (Quitter, Start,…
Trevor Bryan’s Creative Complexity Scale
“There is a vast difference between being able to draw Donald Duck and creating Donald Duck.” For many educators, Bloom’s Taxonomy and Webb’s Depth of Knowledge have been instrumental in…
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It’s the Little Things…
“It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.” John Wooden, UCLA Basketball Coach, Winner of 10 NCAA National Championships As I watched the Sweet…
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Asking the Right Questions
When new evaluation models hit New Jersey into 2012, educators all across the state were forced to begin to look at their own practice. Many teachers and administrators started to…
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How Do We Engage Families?
Last Thursday evening, more than 100 people braved the frigid and snowy New Jersey weather to attend our District Family STEM Night. A combination of parents, students, and teachers gathered…
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Beyond the Worksheet: Engaging Students in Active Learning
Several times a week, I conduct classroom walkthroughs and observations. During each visit, it is important that I see students actively engaged in the learning process. Active learning and engagement…
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Reflections from Edcamp
“If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an…