Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover
Students come from all kinds of different backgrounds. They all have different experiences that have shaped who they are. The students bring these into your […]
Misc
The impact of a feather
Socrates could be talking about anything here, and I’m sure we could apply this statement to anything. Today, we’re going to apply it to knowledge- […]
Collaboration Nation
In many classrooms, students sit in straight rows, face forward, and the teacher lectures at them for 45 to 55 minutes. The students take notes […]
There’s No “I” in Team
Cooperative Learning “Cooperative learning” may seem like a foreign concept to those who went through school with just lectures and tests with nothing else in […]
Cooperative Learning, a Human Dinosaur, and Your Classroom
What does this video of marching band have to do with your classroom? To me, this video- and marching band itself- is the epitome of cooperative […]
Being a Facilitator of Wonder
Drive. It is a word that we use to motivate us. It is a word we use to describe how we get things done. It […]
What Drives Your Students?
Believe it or not, your students are people, too. Each student will have different interests, different methods, and most importantly, different motivators. When you have a task […]
Teaching and Pokemon: Why the Margins are an Adventure
Okay, stay with me here. Pokemon probably sounds like it has absolutely nothing to do with teaching. If I thought differently I would probably say the […]
Example Post
Sample Post: PBL-Walters Posted on July 6, 2017 by peterskl Twitter The Carnival Game PBL project that I designed for my 7th grade Math classroom is designed to […]