iTeach and iLearn

I've had two very different conversations in the past few weeks with two different colleagues, both of which relate to working with stud...

One of the things I've been really grappling with is how to take students seriously. Part of this is the fact that I'm teaching an o...

I gave the first test of the semester in my World Regional Geography course this week. I've started marking them, but I'm not done y...

Oh. Snap. A tweet from one of the people I've been following on Twitter since almost the beginning, Dan Meyer : For real, tho: wha...

Hey there, teacher... That assignment you gave your students today...how much time will it take your students to complete? I suspect you...

This one came across my Twitterfeed today (thanks to  @justintarte for sharing!)... Image by Jennifer Gonzalez  @ Cult of Pedagogy. Use...

My Twitterfriend, Maggie Bolado ( @mrsbolado ) shared this image the other day. I love it! She gave me permission to use it for this blog po...

It has been an incredibly busy season of writing for me lately. My dissertation is coming together, and in fact, I have finished writing all...

I had a former student--who is now in graduate school herself, and serving as an instructor--message me today with a fascinating question: ...

Saw this one just a bit ago via Twitter... How you feel when the lesson really engages learners. pic.twitter.com/yfxfVeXw78 — Teacher G...

It is the end of the semester, and I have students beginning the review process for their final exams. In Intro to Education, this means ref...

I confess it: I procrastinate. I think  I am getting better at this, but only because I have so many things going on in my life that I can...

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...

A question for you teachers: would you want to be a student in your own classroom? My suspicion: your initial answer would be a resounding...

Today is my 18th first day of school as a teacher. Add to that 4 years of college, and 13 years of K-12, and one of preschool, if you want t...

Yesterday I posted a bit about good pedagogy, and technology, and navigating change in today's educational environment . My friend Ed re...

Now that I teach in higher education I have joked to colleagues that I might look like a professor, but I'm still a middle school teache...

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...

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...