Boss Fight: Fighting Conspiracy Thinking
If you’ve ever played a video game, like Pokemon Black/White, you know that the most challenging parts are the “boss fight” parts. Boss fights seem unbeatable. They seem like a […]
Category Archives: Creativity
Adventure Playground
My dad never built us a treehouse, or a playhouse, and we loved it that way. Other kids had a cool swing set, or sandbox, but our backyard had tons […]
Why every teacher, TOSA, presenter, and parent needs an analog maker kit
I love eating out, but eating out with a kid has its drawbacks. They grab forks and knives. They grab water glasses. They drop food. They kick the table. They […]
Stop Ignoring The Zombie: Bring Research Back From The Dead
I’m not a big fan of The Walking Dead: it reminds me too much of certain practices in teaching and education. Students march from stage to stage of their educational […]
Living In The Novelty: Avoiding Cliché
“The voice of the sea is seductive; never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander for a spell in abysses of solitude; to lose itself in mazes of […]
Shop Talk: The Nuts And Bolts Of Student Blogging
People always ask me to give them the nuts and bolts of how I teach my students to publish their work online. I’m always hesitant because I hate when people […]
Find And Make Better Photos By Taking A T.R.I.P.
While bad photography is a time machine, good photography creates meaningful moments. Learning how to recognize, take, and share good photographs does more than just document a specific time period, […]
First Day Of School: Scared Is Scared
While I look forward to teaching every summer, I still have THOSE nightmares. The ones where I can’t find my classroom. The ones where I’m talking, but no one is […]
Quotomontage: Entering The Global Conversation Via Active Reading And Making
Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one. – Sam Rayburn I love quotes. Maybe it was being brought up sitting in […]
Need to “Kill” a Period? RE/Mix It!
Teacher Confession… I love when my fellow teachers ask me, “Hey Theriault, I need to kill a period, what can I do?” Coming up with a last-minute lesson plan is […]
