Go Vote One of the foundational rights that we have is the right to vote. In Oklahoma, we are limited by the names on the ballot. It does not cost us anything to vote, yet can cost us everything if we don’t. According the the statistics available from ok.gov, there …
What is a Hack? Classroom hacks are loosely defined as anything that you can do to make your life easier or anything that can be repurposed outside of its intended use, for your benefit. If you do a search for classroom hacks on Pinterest, you will find tons of different …
Why Teambuilding? It is difficult to try and teach all of the curriculum that needs to be covered before standardized testing or the end of the year. When school is cancelled for any reason, the teacher can feel even more pressure to be extremely efficient. As a result, teachers sometimes make …
Use this as an outline to develop an action research community in your school or district. Please ask me about this research opportunity! Reach me through my contact form or leave a comment. For more detail, read this post, or listen to this podcast.
I am taking off the educator hat and putting on my Dad hat. Why? Because my amazing 3rd grade daughter is currently at school and taking the 3rd grade reading test. I don’t have a problem testing her reading skills, let us know how she is doing, what she can …
Yesterday I had the opportunity to hear Piyush Patel speak at a leadership luncheon at Oklahoma State University. What a story! The quick sum up is this – he graduated from the College of Education at OSU as a teacher, taught in a small college, founded a company for under …
The work that Sugata Mitra is doing on self regulated learning is amazing. Mitra’s research in “Hole-In-The-Wall” experiments in India has show that students in the most challenging environments can and do learn in self organized learning environments. Based on the results of his research he has developed a website …
At this time of year, with all of the legislative shenanigans, loss of sleep, feeling backed into a corner by some of our political leaders, then seeing this irresponsible tweet from a non-educator…I thought its time to quit screaming about what I am against and share what I am for. …
In the journey that is student centered learning, my week for the class recently ended. If you would like to see how this particular course is being organized, check this link. This past week I chose our readings and they were organized around makerspaces and gamification. The #makered movement and …
Take a few minutes and think about this. What does #Oklaed mean to you? How has it impacted you as a teacher/administrator/parent? I would be great if you would leave a quick note in the comments. Let others know what your perceptions are. Did you find inspiration? Get some lesson …