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 …
Learning and Design: Why Learning Sciences and Instructional Systems Need Each Other Hoadley’s article offers an overview of how learning sciences and instructional systems communities are more alike than they are different. I have not thought about the differences or similarities of these two research communities, but after reading this …
This space will hold the reaction papers and possibly other items related to my course work for designed based research, taken in the summer of 2016. Reaction Paper #1 – What is designed based research?
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 …
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 …
Read my blog post on teambuilding here. Then come back and get some ideas! With all of these ideas – it is important to let the students explore, take risks, fail, and try something different. As the teacher, support their ideas and encourage them to do amazing things. You do …
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 …
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 …
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.
