Teaching like a Fool: Shakespearean Wisdom in the Classroom
I have gleaned three wise teachings from King Lear's fool and each one informs my practice in the classroom more and more each day.
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Eight Tips for the New Techy Teacher
Two years ago, my principal rolled an iPad cart into my classroom. I'd been challenged to design and implement a 1:1 iPad program that would enhance the highly structured ...
Bathrooms and Blackboards: Helping Students with IBD
School is a part of every child’s life. During their academic years, students deal with so many different facets of growth and development—physical, cognitive, emotional, and ...
Relationships as a Teaching Tool
I have lost count of the number of times I have been told that rules without relationships lead to rebellion. Yet today, relationships with students seem to be feared instead ...
Change Your Classroom with Gratitude
Often, we forget our students come to class each day with a lot more on their minds than academics. Despite this, my students willingly express gratitude each morning.
The Trials and Tribulations of Substitute Teaching
Many substitute teachers like me can teach a different grade every single day, from K–12. It can be challenging, to say the least.
PBS Math Club Builds Confidence for ESL Students
I was browsing YouTube for simplified math tutorials one afternoon when I stumbled upon the PBS Kids Math Club—math tutorial videos geared toward teens.
Creating a Paperless Classroom
Like many of my students, I too use digital devices in my daily personal life, but the enormous piles of notes and paper combined with the constant fighting with the students ...
Drugs and the Classroom: A Teacher’s Strategy
This past year, in a small Midwest community, we lost a student to a drug overdose. We have lost many more to drug addiction, and although we haven’t attended their funerals, ...
Teaching with Google Drive
For teachers, time is a precious commodity. That’s why I believe we need to incorporate Google Drive into our everyday teaching standards.