Here are some recent snippets from my weekly review. Each week, I look back and record what I've been thinking, reading, and experiencing in the classroom and in life. Think, Learn, Share, Repeat.
A prerequisite for being a good teacher is to want to become one.
One of our primary teacher goals should be to develop a sense of responsibility for learning in our students.
Students will make bad choices. They still need plenty of choices to make. How else will they learn to make good ones?
Some days, you get the bear; some days, the bear gets you. The bear got me on this day.
Students and teachers need alone time to think, connect, and create. They also need to share their ideas with others.
Adding elements of gamification can boost student engagement. It's important to get the balance just right, or it will become too much to manage. Recently, I’ve used leaderboards, level-ups, and weekly games to increase student engagement.
Middle school and high school students need more recess. These breaks should be longer than 15 minutes.
A question to ask in the middle of a tough day teaching: “How can I make the best of this?”
Some of the most important schools students should learn in skill have nothing to do with content.
Only ask questions if you are ready to invest yourself in really paying attention to the answer.
We need to help students understand that not every moment of their school day will be, should be, fun.
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