EconEdLink is a resource that I've recommended to social studies teachers for many years now. In addition to great economics lesson plans like this one about lemonade stands and this one about owning your first car, EconEdLink provides professional development opportunities throughout the year.Next week...
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in July 2023… Assessment of Higher Order Thinking Skills, Gregory Schraw and Daniel Robinson (Eds.) (psychology) The Future of Smart, Ulcca Joshi Hansen (education) Critical Thinking, Jonathan Haber (education) The Song of Significance, Seth Godin (leadership) Recalibrate the Culture, Jimmy Casas (education) The Lies of...
Good evening from Maine were the sun has set on the month of July, 2023. This month I hosted a course on search strategies for teachers and students. If you missed it, I'll be offering it again soon. Look for an announcement in the next...
Doubling down on dehumanizing practices won’t help you reclaim student (or educator) ‘misbehavior.’ Download this file. See also my other slides. Related Posts Reclaiming the language [guest post] Thinking about NAEP in Colorado and the Denver Public Schools Leadership Day 2010 – The final list! In Iowa, our Department of Education...
Even though it's not as popular as it was a couple of years ago, Google Jamboard is still a great tool for conducting a variety of online activities including collaborative brainstorming sessions, creating word mover activities, and annotating images. It's the annotating images use case...
In a world in which there is no shortage of digital distractions it can be hard to get into the flow of working a project, studying, or simply sitting and thinking for a while. That's why I like what Engageable is trying to do, why...
When you return to school this fall Google Classroom will have some new features for you to try. One of those new features that was recently announced is more control over assignment submissions. And unlike some of the features announced earlier this summer, this update...
Good morning from Maine where the sun is rising over what should be a nice summer day to play outside. We're going to ride bikes and play outside at a friend's birthday party. I hope that you do something equally fun this weekend. This week I...
Teachers who use Microsoft Teams will have a convenient new feature to use this fall. That feature is called Classwork and it will enable you to create modules of resources drawn from assignments and OneNote notebook pages as well as web links, files, and Microsoft...
