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• The Summit - A Wonderful Day of SBL Goodness

  Yesterday I had the privilege of presenting at and attending the second day of The Summit, a conference that focused on all things standards-based learning. Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2015 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• I'm Moving Again

  

  I taught high school science for 16 years, and then I jumped into a curriculum director position for a year. Because there wasn't any long-term potential for... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2015 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• The Ways We Say "Education Doesn't Matter."

  

  I've been in education for eighteen years. In those years, I've seen the many small ways we as educators say that a student's education doesn't matter without... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2015 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• The Round Robin: Review Without Lecturing

  I wrote recently about using reciprocal teaching as a way for students to make their own meaning after reading (and re-reading) as an alternative to repeating... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2015 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• No Shortcuts to Learning

  On the list of classroom expectations hanging in the front of my room, this phrase appears:"No shortcuts to learning."What does that mean? It means no copying... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2015 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• Getting Acquainted with Google Keep

  

  I've always had trouble with my to-do lists. Usually I kept a plethora of paper slips or notecards lying about my desk, each with something I had to do on it. Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2015 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• Reciprocal Teaching: Students Doing the Learning

  

  If you are a regular reader of this blog, you know lecture isn't my thing. This dispensary of knowledge is permanently closed because, after about 10 minutes... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2015 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• Prepare Them For The Path

  I am a Facebook addict, and I read tons of articles that pop up on my feed. I even read articles about parenting, even though I am not a parent (I prefer other... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2015 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• Make Them Make Their Own Meaning

  

  I wrote a post awhile back that urged teachers to make their students fix their broken knowledge after students have been made aware of what's broken (via... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2015 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• Getting Started with Problem-Based Learning

  I recently had the privilege of being a session facilitator at the IntegratED conference in much-warmer-than-here-in-Illinois city of Portland, Oregon last week. Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2015 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• Vocabulary Goodness - The Partner Knowledge Rater

  We are about to enter the journey that is molecular genetics in my Biology classes. I always start by having them do a little vocabulary goodness with four word... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2015 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• The Wonder of Word Pairs

  Being the science teacherly-type, having students learn tons of tier 3 words is part of the job description in order for students to gain access to important... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2015 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• Summarization Strategy: The Triangle Summary

  In my classroom, students are required to put their learning in their own words in order to demonstrate that they truly understand something. Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2015 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• Confessions of a 1st Year AP Teacher

  

  I always said I would never teach AP classes. Well, never say never.This year I am teaching AP Environmental Science for the first time, and, to put it... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2015 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• Wanted: Real Evidence of Understanding

  

  "I'm all about the learning."That's what I said to my principal during my last teacher evaluation conference. I wasn't just saying it because I was being... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2015 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• In Praise of the Vocab Sort

  As a science teacher, I realize that if students don't know all the fantastical Tier 3 vocabulary words associated with the cornucopia of topics in our state... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2015 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• Show Me You Know

  

  My environmental science classes are making models. Specifically, they are making models of aquifers. Most are making literal models of aquifers, complete with... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2015 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• More Differentiation Goodness

  In an earlier post I shared a literal Choice Menu that I am using in my Biology classes, a menu those classes started working with yesterday and that they are... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2015 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• I'm So Nosy

  

  "I'm allowed to be nosy about your learning - it's my job."I say that to students about 3-4 times a week, after a student has acted surprised that I want to... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2015 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• My New 1:1 Classroom. Sort Of.

  If you're a regular reader of this blog, you know that I taught in a 1:1 classroom for 3 years, but now I am not in a 1:1 teaching environment. Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2015 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE