Category: Instructional Design

By far, the best children’s novel content that I can find for a classroom are the books by Kate DiCamillo. Her books are brilliantly written. […]

To this blog, I plan on adding some book and movie reviews of all kinds which we can use in the classroom or as resources […]

As a teacher, I really enjoyed playing music for my students as they worked. My architectural drafting teacher offered that (music while we worked) in […]

Just the title makes my head spin. This was a well intended program which has just gotten weird and inconsistent. Put this in the category […]

I am no fan of communism. Let me get that out of the way right now. Communism is a meat grinder of humanity. I have […]

Creative block is basically writer’s block. It is being at an impasse when designing good lessons. And no, I am not an instructional design expert(aka […]

I grew-up during an age in which we put men on the moon. The sky was literally the limit. At the time, I thought by […]

Get off on the right foot by teaching the curriculum on day one. It sets the tone that your expectations are about learning. I used […]

My freshman English professor in college often noted that learning can be uncomfortable at times, especially the learning that sticks with you. As noted in […]