Recently~ I gave a talk to some students at the University of South Florida regarding methods for working with gifted children.They posed an...
After a brief period of inactivity, NASA's Curiosity rover is back at work on the surface of Mars.
The little robot suffered a memory failure and...
Have you ever planted a vegetable garden with your class? A garden can be costly~ but there are some great grants offered by our local agriculture...
Note: This blog is the second in a two-part series.In a previous blog~ I outlined how I get elementary students to research by developing questions~...
Actor and self-described "warlock" Charlie Sheen has taken to using the micro-blogging service Twitter to encourage his fans to exact revenge for...
What's on YOUR teacher desk?" If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind~ of what~then~ is an empty desk a sign?" Albert EinsteinIf someone...
This has been a strange year for teaching holidays. Either time got away and there were other things more important than teaching/celebrating a...
A new study that tracks the long-term effects of bullying suggests that intervention efforts are well worth attention and investment. While some...
Note: This blog is the first in a two part series.One of the hardest things to teach~ in my opinion~ is how to get students to research.As a teacher...
Sorry we're a little late~ but it was just that hard to choose between our two fabulous finalists! It was fantastic to see how educators showcased...
I know of an 11-year-old~ who wants nothing more than to get on his computer and play Minecraft. He enters this virtual world~ where he can build...
A Place at the Table, released March 1, 2013, is a documentary that continues where the film Food Inc. left off. Directed by filmmakers Lori...
We all know of school improvement initiatives that failed when they should have succeeded. Technology initiatives~ new evaluation systems~ even...
Last month~ I moved into opinion writing with my students. The first day~ I read Treasures of the Heart by Alice Ann Miller. If you are not familiar...
When I was in China in 2011~ I brought one of the bears a student gave me when I retired. At first I felt a bit self-conscious when I took her out of...
Call it a lesson in password protection. The parents of a five-year-old boy in England are regretting handing over their iTunes password after the...
Have a great quote that you'd like to share with your students?Many years ago~ Dick's Sporting Goods had a commercial with a quote that I thought...
This week my students will be constructing new shapes with pattern blocks. Here are some of the activities I plan to use.
Day 1: We will...
Without a vision~ the people perish.--proverbI recall several years ago~ I asked renowned fifth-grade teacher~ Rafe Esquith~ for the secrets of...
As the congressional sequester looms~ educators across the country are considering the consequences of smaller budgets. Education stands to receive a...