Homework practices
In this post Jason Bodnar talks about three types of homework and which one to avoid.
As a parent and an educator, I related well to this post by Donalyn Miller where she argues for more meaningful assignments and reading practices in language arts classes.
A Quebec elementary school is giving its students a year off from homework.
Teaching and Learning
Ashley Hurley, one of my Achieve EQuIP colleagues blogged about the ABCs of giving feedback to peers when they design lessons when she blogged for The Teaching Channel.
I, too, had the opportunity to blog for The Teaching Channel. It was a fabulous experience and opportunity to share ideas about how to calibrate on a rubric.
This excellent blog post by the National Paideia Center argues for more doing and less lecturing in our classrooms. I'm a huge advocate for the Paideia approach and like to use it in my class with pre-service students just as I did in my high school classroom previously.
Lillie Marshall writes about effective uses for social media in teaching.
Sherri McPherson shares digital tools for providing feedback on student writing.
Sandy Merz deconstructs a teacher leadership cliche. My favorite line from this post is "like most clichés, this one intends to stop thought rather than deepen it. To deepen thought one needs to probe challenging views rather than dismiss them."
Science and Math
Patrick Goff reflects honestly in this post about questioning and modeling in his middle school classroom.
Both Patrick and Tricia Shelton are leading science educators in Kentucky, and they are involved in national conversations about the new Next Generation Science Standards. In this post, Tricia encourages others to blog about their NGSS implementation and learning.
I appreciate this math 101 reading list for life-long learners, and I added a few titles to my to-read shelf in Goodreads.
Kelly Stidham shares innovative tools for implementing new math standards.
Other topics of importance to me
Walking! Since I still can't walk, and my body and mind are begging for it, I enjoyed reading this article "Walking Helps Us Think" and dreaming about a day coming soon when I'll be able to walk normally again.
With sadness, I continue to watch the events happening in the Middle East. This post by Sarah Shroud offers thoughtful commentary.
Don't resist looking at these 52 Powerful Photos of Women Who Changed History Forever
In this post Jason Bodnar talks about three types of homework and which one to avoid.
As a parent and an educator, I related well to this post by Donalyn Miller where she argues for more meaningful assignments and reading practices in language arts classes.
A Quebec elementary school is giving its students a year off from homework.
Teaching and Learning
Ashley Hurley, one of my Achieve EQuIP colleagues blogged about the ABCs of giving feedback to peers when they design lessons when she blogged for The Teaching Channel.
I, too, had the opportunity to blog for The Teaching Channel. It was a fabulous experience and opportunity to share ideas about how to calibrate on a rubric.
This excellent blog post by the National Paideia Center argues for more doing and less lecturing in our classrooms. I'm a huge advocate for the Paideia approach and like to use it in my class with pre-service students just as I did in my high school classroom previously.
Lillie Marshall writes about effective uses for social media in teaching.
Sherri McPherson shares digital tools for providing feedback on student writing.
Sandy Merz deconstructs a teacher leadership cliche. My favorite line from this post is "like most clichés, this one intends to stop thought rather than deepen it. To deepen thought one needs to probe challenging views rather than dismiss them."
Science and Math
Patrick Goff reflects honestly in this post about questioning and modeling in his middle school classroom.
Both Patrick and Tricia Shelton are leading science educators in Kentucky, and they are involved in national conversations about the new Next Generation Science Standards. In this post, Tricia encourages others to blog about their NGSS implementation and learning.
I appreciate this math 101 reading list for life-long learners, and I added a few titles to my to-read shelf in Goodreads.
Kelly Stidham shares innovative tools for implementing new math standards.
Other topics of importance to me
Walking! Since I still can't walk, and my body and mind are begging for it, I enjoyed reading this article "Walking Helps Us Think" and dreaming about a day coming soon when I'll be able to walk normally again.
With sadness, I continue to watch the events happening in the Middle East. This post by Sarah Shroud offers thoughtful commentary.
Don't resist looking at these 52 Powerful Photos of Women Who Changed History Forever
