Presentation Guiding Question
What it is: Before student groups presented their character sketches (and used those question stems) we unpacked this statement to keep us centered on what we were trying to...
Hunger Games Character Sketches
What it is: We’ve been practicing a lot of reading skills with The Hunger Games in 10th grade, but these character sketches really pushed our thinking. On the character...
Question Stems
What it is: When students stand up to give any kind of presentation, I always have an expectation that the audience won’t just be passive and compliant, but that...
A Year of Getting Better: A Virtual File Cabinet
Even with video cameras in my classroom and all the opportunities I have to talk with teachers, when class begins and the door closes I can still feel isolated...
On Teaching Techy
On Techy Teaching. Teachers have long depended upon the independence of the classroom. It’s a place where creativity can flourish, where ideas are exercised, where promise is realized. Too...