Change up the homework Welcome back to school! I know that you educators have been busy working over the summer. Lesson plans and ideas don’t happen unless time is set aside to really dig into those things you are wanting to accomplish. The podcast this week is a look at …
Go Rogue. This phrase is at the top of my page – there is a reason I put it there. Why? I wrote a blog about this – check it out here. To sum it up – sometimes as educators we get caught up doing what we have always done because …
Teacher action research is an overlooked, yet very important piece of the education puzzle. Without thoughtful, systemic, and reflective thinking about what we are doing in the classroom, how will we get better? This podcast is the result of one of the classes that I took this spring – Advance …
This podcast is related to my blog post from yesterday reposted here in its entirety. Get the original post here. Enjoy The Drive! Stitcher Soundcloud BAM Radio iTunes I am taking off the educator hat and putting on my Dad hat. Why? Because my amazing 3rd grade daughter is currently …
Teachers should always work to Get Better with their craft. Look at how teaching has changed from the single room classroom. In these classrooms, teachers taught from the front of the class and students sat in rows in front of them. Chalkboards were used, students wrote on slates and then on …
As a first year teacher, I was assigned a mentor. Turns out he was not the best one for me. However…there were other teachers in my building who took that place. I would not be doing what I am doing today without the mentoring by some key people. I want …
Create a chain – one that makes a huge impact on your school and community. How do you do that? I don’t know. Each person and school and community have unique situations. I shared a blog right here, you should go read it. If we want to make a difference, …
One of the current pop culture obsessions is social media. It is often viewed as a way to get all of the most current celebrity gossip – but it can be so much more powerful in the hands of an educator! Imagine being able to hear how the Revolutionary War …
In this episode we explore student centered learning. Giving students some choices, allowing them to have some agency, ensuring that the student is the center of the education process! One of my current classes is completely student centered and it has been both challenging and rewarding to experience this. You …
I teach a class to pre-service teachers at Oklahoma State. The focus of the class is to introduce these future teachers to educational technology and how to start incorporating technology in their teaching. #EdTech is not going away – listen to this sum up of their thoughts. Enjoy The Drive! …
