It’s the mystery game popping up in classrooms around the globe – Breakout Games! This group challenge allows friends and families to work together to solve puzzles with the goal of breaking out of a locked room! These themed experiences are 60 minutes of fun for the whole family. Will you find the key? How can we provide our students the … Read More
Small Ways to Involve Your Community in Learning (Video)
Rae Hughart shares ways you can involve your community in learning. Hey guys! It’s Rae. I wanted to do a quick video today on small ways to involve your community in learning. Now as you know, I do big internships that my students take on to learn their content, and that is a great way to involve your community, however … Read More
The Why of Curriculum Compacting
Why use curriculum compacting, or…why should you be like a trash compactor? If you read the first part of this series on curriculum compacting, you know that the basic premise behind the instructional practice is allowing students to skip content that they have already shown mastery of, thereby moving them further through the material in less time. So where does … Read More
The Power of Teachers Leaping Before They Look
Don’t let fear stop you from doing what’s best for your students. When my sister was in high school, she struggled with some pretty crippling anxiety. I vividly remember, however, when she decided that she was not going to let that anxiety rule her life. She made a decision that in order to conquer this fear she would do something … Read More
