Teaching students digital citizenship is not easy in a world driven by connections! What is digital citizenship? Who is effected? Where can you find resources? Why bother teaching it in the classroom? How can you make it easier? And when is it appropriate? Let’s look at some quick tips to help you identify the who, what, when, where, and why … Read More
A Story of Extremes- the 5th and 95th Percentiles
As a gifted education specialist in Ohio, much of my career is dictated by the words “95th Percentile.” You see, in some states, a student can only be identified as gifted in academic subjects or cognitive abilities, and therefore receive services, if they score at or above the 95th percentile on a standardized, state approved test. That is the official, … Read More
3 Benefits of Being A Teacherpreneur
A teacherpreneur? What’s that? Ok…this is actually a term that has been growing over the past few years, so you may have heard of it. If you haven’t, a “teacherpreneur” is an educator who uses their talents and business savvy to share their work, passion, and philosophy with others. (You can read more about them here) This could be something … Read More
Self-Paced Learning IS NOT Self-Taught
Self-paced learning can be a great tool. If you’ve ever tried to implement mastery or self-paced learning in your classroom, or attempted a long-term project that is student-centered, you’ve probably tried it (or are still doing it) because, frankly…these things work. Anytime you can make your classroom more student-centered and meet the needs of more students, you’re going to increase … Read More
Why You Should Focus on Small Classroom Victories
Are you focusing on small classroom victories? Teaching can be exhausting, and it can seem like a futile endeavor at times. The amount of work that goes into a single day or unit of instruction is tremendous, without a necessary guarantee of student success. So when a unit is finished, or a hard day is done, it’s easy to look … Read More
