iTeach and iLearn

At a meeting last night, my friend, Ruth, gave me a yellow crayon... This is my crayon. (Thanks, Ruth!) She gave it to me because--her...

A Twitterfriend shared this one last week... "If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't as...

Are you familiar with the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon? You've probably experienced it, even if you don't recognize this name. It's...

Tomorrow in my middle school curriculum and instruction class we're going to be talking about lesson plans. Which means...tonight I was ...

I have been thinking and thinking about homework over the past few months--why teachers give it (many reasons), whether it truly advances le...

Time for a brief grad school update. I have submitted my final papers for this semester, and I have achieved a landmark: I am finished wit...

I had a joyful moment this week. As a former middle school teacher, it is always just a bit odd for me to have one of my former young-adol...

I had a fun new experience this past weekend: I took my kids and nephews and nieces to an indoor trampoline park. You would think that I was...

I have a new course I'm teaching this year: Planning, Instruction, and Assessment in Middle Schools. I'm so excited for this one! I ...

It's that time of year again...when my thoughts start turning toward the new school year, but I'm still scrambling to make the most ...

Image by Denise Krebs [CC BY 2.0] I have been marking ( grading? correcting? ) like a madman these past few days. It's the end of...

I recently introduced my kiddos to the Beatles. I am a little ashamed that it took me this long. I had their compilation album 1   on in t...

Snack time! I am told--by people who love me very much--that I can be an unpleasant person when I get hungry. "Hangry" has ...

Go Carnivores! This is an antenna ball from Jack In The Box.  Yep, it's fast food at it's finest, and one of the great marketin...

This week is shaping up to be a crazy week for me. Last week sort of was too. I simply have a lot going on right now. In fact, I sort of fee...

Last week, I was at the Mall of America with my family. We didn't really buy anything, but we had fun exploring. We spent a fair bit of ...

A cold and soaking mist began to fall, chilling him through. The breeze picked up and he began to shiver, even as he was trying to keep movi...

Image via Mark Harkin [CC BY 2.0] I remember watching some old movie or TV show when I was in elementary school back in the 80's (i...

In my last post, I shared the nine teachers you meet at school . Today, let's consider the students. I enlisted my son and our Lego coll...

My wife has been out of town for a few days, so last night my kids and I decided to go out for supper to the local Chinese buffet. I lov...