Category: Personal Blog

  • RePost: Digital Classroom Ideas

    This short list of ideas from Edutopia may help guide you as the school year ends and we begin planning for the next. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Edutopia (@edutopia)

  • The Flipped Classroom: Revisited

    think we are seeing the fruit of this classroom experiment playing out. Parents and students are at home, working through school, and developing learning at their own pace. As a result, mentor educators are coming alongside and helping when asked and needed. Students are flourishing. Yet, we need to be aware of the other side…

  • March of the non-NTI Days

    So, I wanted to share a bit about what I have been doing since then. Flex Time sheets, I currently have one completed for last week and anticipate completing another one for next week. Currently, this week is being logged as snow days so I don’t know exactly if/how I can log this work time.…

  • ISTE 2018 Presentation

    My presentation focuses on using Google Drawing to develop Found and Black-out Poetry from keystone reading sources. This is a great reflection process for ELA and Social Studies classrooms.

  • Quote from “What School Could Be: Insights and Inspiration from Teachers across America” by Ted Dintersmith

    “Our children should study what’s important to learn, not what’s easy for you to test. School should develop each child’s unique potential, not rank it for you with high-stakes standardized tests of low-level skills. Please, please, please consider the possibility that our innovative teachers, not data-driven policies, can best lead the way.” Start reading this…

  • KTRS and Public Sector Retirement Funds

    For most of the past week, teachers and state workers have been discussing the Governor’s special report on the pension crisis. Here are some observations. Myth 1. KTRS is grossly underfunded because of previous contribution plans and raids by Dem and Rep state leaders. This situation is mostly the fault of legislators but is seen…