Engaging Tools That Won’t Break the Bank
As a future teacher, I want my classroom to stand out to students. When they come in the room, I want them to be excited […]
Misc
If We Can’t Play to Ours, How Can We Play to Our Students Strengths?
Recently, for a methods of teaching science class we were required to participate in the Gallup Strengths Finder Assessment. I had heard about this assessment […]
Leveling up: Player choice and student ownership
As the huge nerd I am, I’ve spent many an hour fantasizing about what life would be like if I were a character in a […]
Finding Strength in Your Students
Recently, I took the CliftonStrengths 2.0 test to discover my top 5 strengths. If you’re someone who likes to take personality tests, like me, you would […]
Can We Differentiate Ourselves?
One of the many challenges that we as pre-service teachers tend to face is the self-doubt that we may not be good teachers. That aching, […]
Science Impacts Everyone; Everyone Can Impact Science
Multiple hurricanes, earthquakes, California is on fire but JIM INHOFE HAD A SNOWBALL IN THE SENATE ONCE, WHAT CLIMATE CHANGE??? pic.twitter.com/UbQPdi5KN7 — Courtney (@CDNwanderer88) September […]
Visualizing Your Learning
Throughout our time together we have talked about about how making your thinking visible and visualizing a students learning are so important for them. It […]
For the Scientist Doubting Herself
Picture a scientist. Not a specific scientist, just a generic scientist. What image comes to your mind? What is the scientist wearing? How tall are […]
Transparency of Learning
Transparency of Learning By: Hayley Johnson Have you ever been teaching and feel like your students are listening but not understanding, or your students are […]
Seeing the Fruits of Your Labor
Representations of our learning such as posters and research papers are not the only way that a learner can make their thinking visible to themselves […]