A Note to the Teacher: Teaching in the Margins
What does it mean to teach in the margins? Teaching in the margins is taking (or following) your class into the unknown. GASP! You must […]
Teaching in the Margins
The Path to Teaching: Going Into The Margins
What are our roles as the teacher in the classroom? To lecture them about the curriculum? Making sure that they’re seated in their rows, not […]
Going Where No Teacher Has Gone Before… THE MARGINS!
Picture this: you’re floating in space, among the thousands of stars, galaxies, and nebulae. You pass by shooting star, and on that shooting star is […]
Teaching in the Margins: A “yes, and…” Philosophy
When you hear the term “the margins”, what do you think of? Most people probably think of the edges of a paper where you write […]
Outside of the Box and In the Margins
What is the best way to teach our students? Is it through hour long lectures, strict note taking and forcing them to sit and listen […]
Striving to Teach in the Margins
I walk in to class and see twenty-five desks lined up in five rows. I take a seat in the second row. The bell rings […]
Teaching in the Margins or the Center?
Imagine a forest, what do you see? You probably imagine lots of trees and a covering of dead leaves on the ground. Now, imagine some […]
Being in the Margins
Teaching in the margins means creating an atypical plan so that students see a new perspective of learning. Students’ curiosity can lead the discussion into […]
Teaching in the Margins – Getting There
Remember those times in the classroom where you were totally invested in what you were learning? Those times when you lost a sense of time […]
In the Margins: An Every Day Goal
Where are the Margins? Where are the margins in your classroom? Is it in the question your student just asked? Or is it the snake […]