I haven’t been writing much this school year, but I have been reading a lot! When I (re)started this blog in the summer of 2017, I started a Friday feature, but I couldn’t keep up with it. I’m going…
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Okay, so it’s day five of my seven-day writing challenge, and let’s just face it, I’m pooped. Haha! So, to make today easier on myself, I’m going to share my top four writing posts (and one from Cult of…
I have slacked on teaching poetry this year. Big time. As in, we’ve barely even glanced at poetry. I knew that had to change during these last few weeks of school, so I started doing some research. Thanks to…
I am constantly telling my students not to procrastinate. Plan ahead, I tell them. Do your work early, I preach. But truth is, when I procrastinate, I tend to do my best work. Anyone else? For example, I tried…
Early this school year I came across a post about using hyperdocs on Cult of Pedagogy. After reading Jenn’s post, I immediately started doing more research. In addition to this post about playlists (similar idea), I also found a Facebook Group and a Padlet full of hyperdocs!…
Four years ago, I started teaching Public Speaking at our high school. It was a brand new course, which meant I had the freedom to design it as I thought best. Score! My main goal for the class, especially…
Have you used Screencastify in your classroom? If you haven’t, you’re missing out. I know we don’t all love to hear our voices in a video, but I promise you, it is totally worth it! What is Screencastify? Screencastify…