Coherence The second semester is now upon us. My Biology students are waist-deep in an inquiry-based curriculum where no day lives in isolation. Each day is connected to the next as we dig deeper into figuring out what is going… Continue Reading
I almost forgot: and worms. This bit of nonsense popped up yesterday in my Facebook feed. Go ahead, read it. It’s a rough one, but I’ll let you finish before you read my commentary. It isn’t pretty, but you have my… Continue Reading
Lessons Learning is a journey, and your students want to know you are with them. How do you let them know you truly are? In my experience, this is done by creating learning experiences that mean something. Experiences that live… Continue Reading
A Conversation In 2007, a then virtual-only colleague asked whether it was, “okay to be a technologically illiterate teacher?” NETS-T provides one standardized, big-picture perspective. Many others speak of new literacies unleashed by the reach of the Internet. A few… Continue Reading
Find The following video was recently posted by a colleague on a nascent district network that will go “public” in a few short weeks. In what I see as an emerging “best practice” in setting up and facilitating online networks,… Continue Reading