May 16, 2017 1 How To Help Seniors Face Pressure & Uncertainty This guest post was written by Kenza Moller, a freelance writer and editor (who also happens to edit the [...]
April 23, 2017 11 Harnessing the Power of Words About a year ago, I was taking part in a Twitter chat in which teachers were talking about the [...]
March 8, 2017 11 Qualities of an Effective Lead-Learner As often as I can, I join the #BFC530 Twitter chat – a group of educators who chat every weekday [...]
March 1, 2017 6 The Many Lessons of an Independence Day Program February 27th is Dominican Independence Day and to celebrate, our students put on an annual [...]
January 21, 2017 0 Creating Independent Learners with Ongoing Self-Assessment Teaching students the meta-cognitive skill of self-assessment empowers them and puts them in charge of their [...]
January 3, 2017 7 Reflections on #OneWord2017 I love making New Year’s resolutions. That sense of a fresh start, of reinventing myself, always fills [...]
November 13, 2016 8 Teaching Students Life and Career Skills Last year, I had an aha! moment while on a Twitter chat (by the way, if you’re an educator, Twitter [...]
October 31, 2016 3 No Rewards: Why We Shouldn’t Reward Students The other day, during a #HackLearning chat on Twitter, we talked about praise and intrinsic motivation. [...]
September 14, 2016 14 Parent Edcamp I wish I could report that Parent Edcamp was a huge success. But it wasn’t. This is not an easy blog [...]
August 22, 2016 12 Breakout EDU: Gamifying Professional Development At our school, we believe that a strong school philosophy is the basis for everything. So, every year in [...]