Right now, educators and parents are providing opportunities on social media, reminding us of the value of a schedule, and offering to help in the wake of this crisis with #covid19 That’s awesome, but it can be overwhelming. Please, resist
At the start of a new decade, it is common to make a splash by proclaiming personal resolutions. Bring in the better! There’s just one problem. The social media world is one of pretend. We don’t live here. So here’s
The news is disquieting, Covid numbers are quite frightening, If you’ve never been a quitter and you want to make things better. Pave your corner of the sky with a better by-and-by. Take a moment, pick a cause Pick a
Looking for a low-tech, open-ended challenge for today? This can be printed off, or use a sheet of lined paper or graph paper to make an 11 x 13 grid. Yup, 11 squares in one direction, and 13 in another.
Students in grades 5-7 enjoyed Afterschool STEM club. We had the opportunity to work with Rubik’s cube mosaics, bloxel game building, BreakoutEDU, Lego battlebots, and MakeyMakey. A combination of fun, collaboration, design thinking, and goalsetting let us build games, tinker
Marcia and I worked together at the Center for Teaching Quality where I lead a number of projects related to virtual communities of practice and Marcia served as one of our teacher leader facilitators. She is the consummate professional—thoughtful in
“As a parent with a child on the Autism Spectrum/Asperger’s traits, we have had the unwavering support from Mrs. Powell. As a result, she is able to foster and develop a love for learning and support that we personally, have
