There is something about great animated stories that allow us to work with our feelings in ways sometimes different than seeing footage of actual people. This award-winning story is called Umbrella, and it’s a reminder Read more…
I co-teach a very small class (referring to number, not stature, of students) called Creative Solutions for the Global Good. This semester, I’ve taken a bit of a different approach to the early homework assignments. Read more…
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been developing as much useful material as I can to help teachers and schools with the switch to online instruction under the cloud of COVID-19. That effort has produced Read more…
A teacher willing to engage in a little creative fun opens avenues for learning that students might not otherwise see. I write this thinking about the Kahoot game that my friend Nate Gildart (Nagoya International Read more…
What makes for the strongest professional development you’ve experienced? Does it: Help you to accelerate acquiring new skills to bring to your teaching? Extend your professional network through connections with dynamic teachers from many types Read more…
If we’re picking the best educational videos of the first fifth of the century, I’d certainly include on my list “Austin’s Butterfly: Models, Critique, and Descriptive Feedback” from EL Education. Expeditionary Learning is the company Read more…
We all are asked for advice from time to time, and over my years as a high school teacher, I occasionally get a question from one of my charges about relationships. Whether asking me is Read more…
We frequently ask students to try harder. It’s one of those things a teacher is supposed to do. But saying it, and saying it in such a way that it elicits the effort we want Read more…
In the swamp of seemingly endless stories about corruption, lies, shootings, and similar, it can be hard to be optimistic about the future. And yet, there are people like Manu Prakash. Centrifuges are devices used Read more…
The first time I watched this video about a South African woman who knits warm things for babies she’s never met, I was moved by the power of her voice to speak to what matters. Read more…