Today we’re going to focus on a resource we used in several of our trainings last year, we call it the “Let’s Go Fishing For Fresh Questions!†protocol. The resource has a menu of three ways to ‘fish for a question’.  In my experience, this resource is useful for SEL because it reminds students that creating and sharing questions […]
This week we explore an idea that has meant a lot to me, not only as an educator and a business owner, but as a local resident of Seattle. The resource that pairs with this post is a free editable slide deck series that walks you and your students through the process of drafting a class mission statement. Inside the […]
I know that many of you work with families/students who come from poverty. One thing we need to remind teachers is that what we’re really fighting is not “kids not wanting to do the work†but a mindset that is not easy to overcome when it’s being reinforced at home…and now…we do not get to take students away from that […]
It’s been a crazy March, to say the least. Here in the state of Washington schools have been closed since March 17th and will not reopen until April 27th at the earliest. Our state education officials have required public schools to provide an educational experience for students. Now, most schools in the state were already doing this or making plans […]
NCCE 2020 here in Seattle has just wrapped up. NCCE (Northwest Council For Computer Education) being our regional ISTE sponsored conference with somewhere around 1500 participants coming together each year to share and learn. Being in Seattle and with the COVID-19 spreading throughout my state, Virtual School was a hot topic. One of the sessions I ran was titled “Tech […]
Over the past few weeks, I have had a couple of conversations with teachers and people in the business world that I just want to share with you and let you all tell me what you think about this idea. There was…and still is…a push that when we go 1:1 in the classroom that this also means moving towards a […]
CAUTION: This software is not a classroom management strategy
How might you have to rethink your lesson/unit/approach so that you can gather, or collect something that shows learning occurring in the moment? What might that look like for you?
Last Saturday we had a thunderstorm move through Seattle…we don’t get them very often around here so a storm with over 2200 lightning strikes is pretty crazy and awesome….but more than that…it was Mother Natures way of calling in Fall. Since then the temp as barley hit 70 degrees if we’re lucky and the low slow clouds with off and […]
Research shows that long-term professional development has a positive effect on technology skills of educators and a deeper integration of technology.