Guest post by: Dr. Molly Ness Make Way for Questions: Embracing Student-Generated Questions in the Classroom “If there is a Big Dipper and a Little Dipper, why isn’t there a Middle Dipper?” This question – from my six-year old niece – came as we looked into the night sky. Her question was impressive – not only in its insightfulness, but also … Read More
MODERN METACOGNITION: Tools to Help Your Students Think About Thinking and Learn About Learning
Reflecting on your thinking and being aware of your own thinking process is what metacognition is all about. What’cha thinking about? How did your thoughts end up there? As educators, teaching our students to think about how they think and how they learn is a game-changer. It’s not a Common Core standard per say, but if metacognition is mastered, the … Read More
Trying New Things In Your Classroom (video)
Trying New Things In Your Classroom Full transcript below video. Video Transcript Hey guys! It’s Rae, and I wanted to share a really cool story that happened to me. I was interacting with a teacher that reached out for standards based grading support. It was something she was looking into, she was new in the career but still wanted to … Read More
The Basics of Restorative Justice (video)
The Basics of Restorative Justice in Education Full transcript below video. Video Transcript Hey guys! I’m Rae and I am so excited because we get to talk about restorative justice. Now this is a very hot topic and even though restorative justice is all over the place, I still have teachers telling me, “I don’t know that is i don’t … Read More
4 Gamification Resources for Teachers
What is Gamification? Gamification is simply the use of game mechanics in the learning environment. Challenges, competition, collaboration, badges, points, and level ups can all be parts of a gamification. Oh, and it’s also a pretty great way to increase engagement and excitement in your classroom, make your lessons more fun for your students, and improve your learners’ mastery of … Read More