iTeach and iLearn

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...

I was recently reading the  fifth chapter of the Gospel of John . There is a famous story in this passage of scripture; Jesus here heals a p...

Sometimes I look at the freshmen I teach and think back to what I was like in the fall of 1994...with my mop of California-blonde hair, and ...

I recently came across this quote; like so many, it is attributed to Albert Einstein. The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mys...

Photo via Dordt College. All rights reserved. Facebook told me that it was eight years ago yesterday that I graduated with my Master of ...

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...

Some days, I know that teaching is for me. And I had one of those days recently. In  a recent post , I was wondering about the nature of t...

In my science methods class today, we were talking about how to foster a sense of awe and wonder in students. I was sharing with my students...

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...

This morning I had the chance to sit in on a conversation with a hero-of-sorts for me: Dr. Nicholas Wolterstorff . I've been reading th...

This morning I came across a quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes that I think is a fitting reminder for teachers: "Man's mind, once s...

I went through a really low period in my spiritual life about seven years ago, and I was tremendously cynical about almost everything faith ...

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...

It's the beginning of the semester and we're thinking about "calling" in Introduction to Education, as in, "Am I call...

When I was taking my first class for my Masters' degree back in 2004 or so, our professor, Dr. John Van Dyk, asked us to craft a concise...

It is the end of the semester. I have a four-inch pile of papers in need of marking, and I haven't even given any exams yet. In the mi...

I. I was camping with my family this weekend. Actually, with quite a few of my wife's relatives. Which is great, really. (My in-laws a...

I ran into a former student last night. He was in my 7th grade homeroom 12 years ago. Sharp kid: smart, hard-working, great sense of humor; ...

There are moments when I feel that my vocation as an educator is way, way too big for me. There are moments where I feel so ineffectual and ...

My twitterfriend, Wesley Fryer ( @wfryer ) tweeted a great image tonight: "I WAS CREATED TO CREATE." I've been thinking a l...