Life as I know it

My husband gets a kick out of me.I'm glad he still finds my quirks funny and not annoying.The problem is that I love talking about how we learn, which, of course, involves how we teach. Whether it's a Tweet from The Washington Post about homework Kids, Parents and Teachers Disagree on How Much Homework Is…

But is it working?

Six of us, all members of the Powerful Learning Practice, have been discussing our teaching shifts and pondering these thoughts all year: how do we know these 21st Century skills of creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, information literacy, and digital citizenship (borrowed liberally from here and here) are key for students' success? success at what? are…

Why we teach…

Life has been crazy lately.We jumped back into reading and writing on Monday, I had a class Tuesday night, and today I helped a teacher with a video after school and then raced home to participate in two Elluminate online discussions with people from the Powerful Learning Practice. The online chats ended a little after…