Why Educators Need to Make Literacy Accessible, Individualized, and Inclusive
While addressing reading-recovery fundamentals is vital, teaching readers the interpretive and social-emotional aspects of reading is also critically important.
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February 26, 2019
February 24, 2019
Make Learning Interactive and Student-Led
Although project-based learning can be daunting at first, it is well worth the mess. Planning your first project may not go as smoothly as you want or imagine, but I promise everyone will learn, so don't give up.
November 29, 2018
Educator Voices Must Be Heard, That's Why We Blog
Each of us has a responsibility to share our stories the way we want to share them. If we choose not to be the owner of our personal brand, then other people will tell our stories for us and then we lose control over the reality of our spaces.
November 27, 2018
Bridging the Gap in a Rural School District Through Personalized Learning
Sam Brooks, the personalized-learning supervisor in Putnam County, Tenn., shares his journey along with strategies for other educators. Putnam is a rural district that's using digital innovation to personalize learning and keep kids connected.
April 29, 2018
School Librarians Are Rockstar Resources
School librarians are vital to student learning as early as kindergarten. The exposure alone to books and experiencing the atmosphere young can really set up a positive connection to learning in all forms.
March 04, 2018
Fostering a Reading Community With FlipGrid
One thing is clear when reading is presenting in a way that students enjoy, the love of the written word is nurtured. The more we give students the opportunity to choose what they are reading and then allow them to be creative in how they share what they've read, the more they will persist in their reading.
January 14, 2018
Success, What Exactly is it?
We are the moment, on the precipice of a need for real transformation. The system doesn't account for the different needs of students and still seeks to define success with a single pathway. This is a broken ideal and the sooner we move away from it, the better learning institutions will be for all students.
October 15, 2017
Evolving Issues With Social Media and Appropriate Usage for Students and Staff
Knowing school law is essential when you're a school leader. This post is the introduction to my final school law paper about the evolving issues with social media and schools. Hopefully it will get you thinking about some of the inherent challenges. What has been your experience?
October 03, 2017
Use a PSA for Content Review
All learning experiences should be meaningful ones, even the reviews. How do you get students to review or recycle taught skills and content?
June 01, 2017
Explore Shakespearean Text Via Twitter for Greater Student Engagement
Shakespeare is often hard for students to engage with, particularly if they aren't reading at grade level. One way to ensure a solid conversation about a complex text is to allow students time to share ideas on Twitter doing a class chat. Read here to see how it turned out for my 10th grade NYC students.
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