PBL and Design Thinking to Unleash Student Creativity

PBL and Design Thinking offer up two strategies for teachers to encourage students' divergent thinking and creativity. This post...

Building Culture and Community in the First Five Days, Weeks, and Months

August 30th was my 30th first day of school. Both as a student and a teacher, the first day of school has always represented a...

Beyond the Binder: 3 Strategies for Empowering Digital Tool Use in the Classroom

Sabba Quidwai and I have been discussing ways to leverage the power of digital tools to support deeper inquiry for quite some time.

The 4Ss of Note-Taking With Technology

Recently, a number of articles have surfaced reporting the ineffectiveness of note taking with laptops, in keeping with the...

The Balance of Screen Time

"Television rots your brain." In a similar vein, video games turn your mind to mush, and staring at a screen for too long...

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