Alternative Assignments and Assessments during the COVID-19 Crisis and Beyond…
The first four miles of today’s bike ride was devoted to discussing alternative assignments and assessments; helping students learn how to question themselves, each other, and the world around them;...
View ArticleCurriculum and Instruction During the COVID-19 Crisis
Instead of doing what we did before, which was akin to flipping the light switch on a bunch of gremlins, we teachers and students should take the lessons we have learned and apply them to virtual...
View ArticleThe 2020-2021 School Year Will Be One for the Books
School districts across the country are scrambling to define what school is going to look like this year. Meanwhile, teachers seem to be exhausted, confused, and - in some cases - angry. All the...
View ArticleWhy Reexamine What Education Is Right Now? Why Not?
Education should be about freedom; through our acquisition of knowledge and our development of critical thinking skills, we realize we are free. The post Why Reexamine What Education Is Right Now? Why...
View ArticleThe Thought Piece
Through the Thought Piece assignment, this teacher tries to help students find their voice and understand their thought process. The post The Thought Piece appeared first on We Learn to Change.
View ArticleShould I Teach To Kill a Mockingbird?
Why am I so hesitant to teach To Kill a Mockingbird? The post Should I Teach To Kill a Mockingbird? appeared first on We Learn to Change.
View ArticleThis Is Why I Teach Literature
Words matter. The post This Is Why I Teach Literature appeared first on We Learn to Change.
View ArticleBig Ideas in My Classroom
I created this poster to remind myself of the true value of education, of what it’s all about. As my first group goes into AP® exams this week, it seems important to remember that we don’t go to school...
View Article3 Ways Crisis Teaching Is Different and Just as (More?) Difficult as...
This post could have been entitled “5 ways…” or “10 ways…” or maybe even “100 ways,” but the power of three is strong. It craves concision. It requires streamlined thought. It also makes it more...
View ArticleLiterature and the Human Condition
We study literature to study the human condition. We engage in conversation with a text, with its context, to understand where we were within our reality, or to understand where we may be going within...
View Article4 Ways to Establish Relevance with Moodle
One of the first things you learn when studying adult learning is that adults need to know why they are learning something and how they can apply it to their lives. In other words, they need to know...
View ArticleAdapt Authoring Tool and Moodle
I have been working with the Adapt Learning Framework and Adapt Authoring tool of and on for a while now. (Follow the community @AdaptLearning to learn more about this “Ground breaking #opensource...
View Article3 Things to Think about When Developing Your Own Moodle Site
Recently, I started developing a demo course in a Moodle installation hosted on my site. The latest version of Moodle is so powerful and useful. It shows the dedication of the thousands of people who...
View ArticleWHY TEXT-DEPENDENT ANALYSIS IS MORE IMPORTANT NOW THAN EVER
The explosion of media and technology…has made it all the more important that students master the core skills of gathering and evaluating evidence. Reading and writing with independence and confidence...
View ArticleWaxing Philosophical: The Purpose of Education
There are so many articles, blog posts, and books about the purpose of education that it might seem odd to see yet another one. However, this might be a good exercise for any teacher to try, if only to...
View ArticleHow Assessment Was Born
Once upon a time, in a place long forgotten, the first teacher helped a willing and enthusiastic student learn something new. As they proceeded on their educational journey, the student eventually...
View ArticleSix Facets of Understanding and the All Souls Trilogy
I would like to thank Deborah Harkness, Jennifer Ikeda, Grant Wiggins, and Jay McTighe for making this post possible. Without Harkness’ story, Ikeda’s brilliant narration of that story, and Wiggins’...
View ArticleJust 1 Article from RE-ENVISIONED – The Movement to Re-imagine Schooling –...
This weekend, an email from Library 2.0 came in with a link to a fascinating interview with Steve Hargadon. Steve is the founder of Classroom 2.0 and co-chairs the event “Hack Education,” among many...
View Article5 Reasons and 5 Ways to Use a Classroom Blog during Formative Assessment
Formative Assessment: What is it? If you already know all about formative assessment, I recommend skipping to the next part of this blog post. According to the CCSSO (The Council of Chief State School...
View ArticleExploring Literary Genres Using Infographics
This post is related to the post published last week: “Text Structures and Signals in Infographic Form. For this assignment, we were asked to create an infographic on literary genres. I used Canva...
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