Mastery Learning Doesn’t Have to be scary. A lot of times when I talk about Mastery Learning with teachers, I can see them slowly start back away and sometimes even getting noticeably scared. I’ll be honest, it can be scary, but it doesn’t have to be. Giving up control, managing a self-paced classroom, and transitioning to Mastery Learning can be … Read More
Using Flipped Learning to Reach All of Your Students
What Is Flipped Learning? In 2007, two high school chemistry teachers from Colorado grew tired of reteaching content to absent students. The advent of screencasting tools and online videos through YouTube inspired Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams to record their lectures and share them online. Thus was born the flipped learning model. Fast forward a decade and you would be hard … Read More
Retakes in the Classroom: Why They’re Important (video)
Why are retakes important in your classroom? VIDEO TRANSCRIPT Hey guys. It’s Rae, and we are talking retakes. Now, retakes have always been a hot topic, at least in my circles, all the colleagues that I get to interact with, that are all phenomenal, we debate retakes like crazy. So we’re doing a quick blog video today, just … Read More
Gamification VS Game-Based Learning
Education has really caught on to the phenomenon of gamification or game-based learning. But what’s the difference? Let me ask you a question. When you say to your class, “We are going to play a game today,” what is there reaction? Do they pout, whine, drag their feet? Of course not! I don’t think it matters whether you teach 3-year-olds … Read More
Large Ways to Involved Your Community in Learning (Video)
How can you incorporate your community in learning? -Video Transcript Below- VIDEO TRANSCRIPT Hey guys! It’s Rae and we get to talk today about large ways to involve your community in your learning. This is like my jam! I love talking to teachers about how they can start relying on experts to really lead strong lessons in their … Read More