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: Student Engagement
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 […]
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 […]
Don’t Forget Chekhov’s Gun
She can barely breathe. She just watched an entire squad of marines relentlessly slaughtered by unstoppable aliens. Now, unarmed, she discovers that the fourteen foot queen of the alien brood, […]
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 […]
Creating Space For Questions
The worst part about football or basketball is that the game deciding moment may not involve the best player; the worst part about a classroom is that the student or […]
Why Do We Give Students Summer Assignments? Seriously, WHY?
Most of my neighbors have hated me from time to time. Specifically in the summer. My most recent neighbor to mock me is a great guy who plays in a […]
Why We Need More Potlucks and Fewer Cafeterias
Hi everyone. One of my goals this summer is to experiment with video, YouTube channels and podcasting. This week’s blog post is in four formats: A Google On Air recording/vlog […]
Create magical experiences using these 3 lessons from Harry Potter
Harry Potter succeeds as a story because it powerfully mixes magic and love: these two words when combined with the latest technology tools (Padlet, ThingLink, IFTTT) can easily create a […]
You’re Killing Me Smalls: Three easy ways to achieve 100% Engagement
A monstrous dog, a beautiful lifeguard, a group of villains: the best quests in the world rely on near-impossible goals, memorable adversaries, and some friends to share the story with […]
