Posts Tagged ‘Education’
Learning Should Be a Messy, Loud, and Unforgettable Journey
Yes my class can be loud and messy. And yes that is on purpose.
Read MoreTeacher New Year’s Resolutions That You Can Nail in 2019
Educators often feel pressure to be perfect, but that is not something we should strive for.
Read MoreFiguring Out Why Students Cheat
Why we hate it and what to do about it.
Read MoreWhy I Never Let Students Decide Where to Sit
You can’t stretch yourself and grow within your comfort zone.
Read MoreA story about rotten chocolate milk exploding in my classroom and the need to be flexible
Sometimes you need to practice your jump shot while you’re teaching. Sometimes it’s with bottles of rotten milk. And if that bottle accidentally explodes against the wall, sprays rotten milk everywhere, and makes your classroom unusable the rest of the day— you need to be flexible. Here is another ridiculous (but all to common) story…
Read MoreThe Hardest Part About Being a Teacher
On my very first day as a teacher, I met a boy named Dave. Dave was that kid who kept his head down in the back of the room and hid behind his long hair and expressionless face. I soon found out that Dave was in foster care, and heard his backstory of abuse and…
Read MoreLectures Should Be Like ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ Books
In 1970, a man named Edward Packard was telling his daughters a bedtime story about a character he made up named Pete. Every night, Pete would encounter different adventures, and Packard would make up a new adventure for Pete on the spot. But one night Packard ran out of things for Pete to do. If…
Read MoreKids Who Don’t Like Christmas
The two weeks leading up to Christmas Break can be some of the most chaotic times of the year. It’s like there’s a full moon for 14 days in a row while students guzzle 3 two liters of Mountain Dew before walking into your classroom each day. Students can act a little nuts, and in…
Read MoreStudents Can Be Heroes
Joseph Campbell was an American mythologist who mastered the study of great stories. He identified a pattern we see in most great stories called the Hero’s Journey. The Hero’s Journey starts with a hero, the protagonist or main character of a plot in which the story revolves. To sum the pattern up into the…
Read MoreTeach Your Students How to Discuss
I think we sometimes take for granted the skill it takes to take part in good discussion. In a world inundated with technology, distractions, Pokemon Go, odd presidential campaigns, and all of the things that modern society has created to take our attention and divert it to bright screens in the palm of our hands,…
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