So long story short my Ethiopian driving license is not easy (ie. nigh impossible) to convert to any other license in an easy or cost effective way so earlier this year I decided to embark on a journey to get... Continue Reading →
Wheels up in 12 hours and as always the conundrum of what to pack. Seems like it should get easier the more you do it. It doesn't for me. My 6th grade teacher Mrs. Sherman left me these wise words,... Continue Reading →
In the 1990s Simons and Chabris conducted the following experiment at Harvard: Rolf Dobelli, author of The Art of Thinking Clearly states that, The monkey business test is considered one of the most famous experiments in psychology and demonstrates the... Continue Reading →
Mathletics is one of the resources available at our elementary school to help deliver the math curriculum. In this post I want to highlight some of the features of Mathletics so that you can decide whether it might be something... Continue Reading →
Over the years I have tried many a system for checking out classroom library books to students. Some systems were too onerous on teacher time. Some systems didn’t provide sufficient accountability so books would permanently be borrowed never to return!... Continue Reading →
It all started with one question ... What if we had a chance to build a school from scratch? On Mars. And so with a great idea from fellow educator @ajjuliani the #MarsChallenge was born. By chance, ten days before... Continue Reading →
Hour of Code week is officially over but that doesn’t mean that coding in the classroom should be over too. So in my constant quest to integrate technology authentically in the classroom I came up with this solution for how... Continue Reading →
Click the image below to access the slides for the October, 2017 #KLsummit2017 presentation. I love Google Classroom. Why? Because in this case integrating tech allows me to redefine what is possible within a readers and writers workshop framework so... Continue Reading →
And so it finally happened. It was obvious really. Just two students giggling in the corner of the room staring at their iPads. So I walk over, slowly ... with the worst possible thoughts going through my head ... thinking... Continue Reading →
