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Are You Ready to Disrupt Learning?
In late 2015, my best friend's daughter was going through something really horrific at school. She would come home and cry about math tests and she Continue Reading
Disrupting A Culture of One Right Answer
Disrupting A Culture of One Right Answer In my 17 years of teaching, I have come to understand one truism. Multiple choice questions WILL NOT, HAVE Continue Reading
VR in the Classroom? It’s not just for Google anymore.
Take your students places a school bus can’t go! Nestled at the bottom of South Australia sits a town known for it’s amazing wine and beautiful Continue Reading
Comic Strips come to Book Creator!
It is true! On Book Creator's next update - there will be an option for Comic Strips! Comic Strips are a fun way for students to summarize and Continue Reading
My Journey to Disruption
Part One: Pause for a minute. Visualize your childhood classroom; What was it like? Did you sit in rows? Robotically complete worksheets? Answer Continue Reading
Connected Learners Require Connected Teachers
“Our task is to learn how to build smart rooms—that is, how to build networks that make us smarter, especially since, when done badly, networks can Continue Reading
What Questions Did Your Students Ask Today?
A while back I stumbled upon a book called A More Beautiful Question by Warren Berger..,and it started a thirst in me I have been unable Continue Reading
Why (And How) Teachers And Students Should Backchannel
What is a backchannel you ask? A backchannel is a conversation that takes place alongside an activity or event. In most cases, this happens Continue Reading
5 Effective Ways to Build Your School Tribe
This article is a continuation of The Connected Student Series and was first posted on Edudemic on April 9, 2014 It’s a crisp fall Monday Continue Reading
Inspire a Love of Learning
Sometimes I wonder where my passion for educational change comes from. Why do I stay up on Friday nights reading about education? Why do I spend 27 Continue Reading
The Question Everyone Asks Me? Who to Follow?…Answered (2018 update)
I want to say thank you to my PLN for making me a better educator. For those of you not familiar with a PLN, let me explain. In simple terms, a Continue Reading