Through podcasts, web pages, mailed invitations, a “Meat ‘n’ Greet,” and a final email blast, you can build up your incoming students’ back-to-school excitement. Source: 5 Tips to Kick Start the School Year | Edutopia
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5 Tips to Kick Start the School Year | Edutopia
5 Tips to Kick Start the School Year | Edutopia.
Schools should be run more like a business…sort of
My job is to sell my subject matter to students and convince them it’s worthwhile.
Thank You!
I am often in awe and humbled by the compassion people show my students.
Olathe Summer Conference: Ten Tech Skills for Transforming Teaching and Learning w/ Zachary Walker
Zachary Walker threw so many ideas at me in his session it’s taken me a month to digest it all. I picked up so many tips, tricks and tools. However, like he recommends in his session, I came away with 10 ideas/tips that I want to try out. 1. www.govote.at and www.mentimeter.com were great websites…
Olathe Summer Conference: Close Reading w/ Doug Fisher
Close reading is designed for texts that are above the students comfort level for independent reading. It is the process of reading a text multiple times from multiple different angles to get a better understanding of the text. There should be a balance in school between stamina reading (quantity) and complex/close reading (quality). One of…
Help support my students…
When I was in elementary school I used to love getting book orders. I would spend hours poring over the selections, circling books I might want, and crossing out books that looked boring. Sometimes my parents would buy me one of these books, and there is nothing quite like the experience of getting a new…
MACE 2015
When I first started teaching I knew I had one goal beyond the classroom. I wanted to get my Masters degree. Several years ago I achieved that goal by getting a degree in Instructional Design and Technology from Emporia State University. That was a great accomplishment that I’m very proud of, but then I was…
9 tips for encouraging reading at home
Promoting reading at home is the single-greatest factor in determining a kids success in school. It can have a drastic impact on test scores, as well as overall enjoyment in school. One study found that kids who read 20 minutes a day will read around 1.8 million words in a year vs. a kid who…
A bad grade is your punishment for being a terrible student…right?
Until we stop equating a bad grade with a bad kid, students will continue to shut down and ignore the feedback I’m providing.
