iTeach and iLearn

In a recent post I shared about a presentation I gave at a recent teachers' convention held on our campus. The title of my session was ...

An experiment: I'm going to make a bold statement here, and I'd like you to notice your gut reaction to it, okay? You'll have to...

I read this article from Scientific American today, entitled " How to Raise a Genius: Lessons from a 45-Year Study of Supersmart Childr...

It is amazing and fascinating (and a little troubling) for me to see how people continue to react to the Common Core State Standards. The de...

It's the beginning of the semester, and I'm already struggling. Oh, I'm doing all right; I know my content, and I'm reasonab...

My friend, Erik Ellefsen, always has good stuff for me to think about. (If you are an educator, you should really follow him on Twitter .) T...

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

A certain middle schooler I know, somewhat disgruntled about doing his homework some time ago, snapped this picture and texted it to me: ...

Those of you who are regular readers may know how much I love geography. I think maps are cool. (I was that geeky kid studying the maps in t...

I had never heard of the book before today, but in an email hawking textbooks, I saw one title that caught my eye: Worksheets Don't Grow...

It's been a while since I've blogged, and it's because I've been working on my comprehensive exams for the past few weeks. ...

Image by Alan Levine [CC BY 2.0] After my last post , I tweeted a series of questions, challenging teachers (I suppose) to try asking ...

I've been on a tear lately against " crappy homework ." I've written before about how I think  homework assigned to "...

I assigned a lot of bad homework over the years. Looking back to the beginning of my teaching career, I'm embarrassed about the kind o...

In a recent post , I shared some of the research that has been done about homework and it's effectiveness (or lack thereof) for helping ...

Oh. My. Word. I have some fantastic students--future teachers--and they often impress and amaze me. But every once in a while, one of my s...

DNA is an actual real thing. DNA is the "blueprint" for how to build a particular organism. Human beings, lobsters, oak trees, bac...

Image by Enrique Flouret [CC BY 2.0] I have shared my love of geography here before, and though I'm not a geography teacher in an o...

One of the courses I am privileged to teach is Methods of Teaching Science for PreK-Middle School. There are challenges in trying to find ac...

I've written before about how I think teachers are among the worst culprits at breaking copyright, and that we aren't doing our job ...