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Category: Instructional Design
Part I of School Community Gardens: The Massive Benefits of Gardening for Students
Community gardens provide infinite possibilities to teach the curriculum, and I mean infinite. As I think back on my best learning experiences, almost all were […]
Valuing Uniqueness: What Albert Einstein, Walt Disney, and Steve Jobs Can Teach Us About Creative Learning Environments
We had a superintendent several years ago who wanted cookie cutter students, cookie cutter teachers, and cookie cutter buildings. Everything from instructional delivery to minimalist […]
Christmas Parties and the New Superman Trailer
As a kid, Christmas parties were what we waited for. As a teacher, it is a lot of work!!! For the most part, it was […]
Kate DiCamillo: An Exceptional Resource for Classroom Literature
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. […]
Movie Review: The Monuments Men
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 […]
Christmas Music – It’s Time
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 […]
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Time: Is It Really What We Think It Is???
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 […]
Russia: A Study of Its Geography, Culture, and History
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: An Instructional Design Dilemma
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 […]