
When Your Entire Class Conspires Against You
I’m not even a minute into my right-after-lunch sophomore class when it starts – the quiet tee-hee of laughter among

I’m not even a minute into my right-after-lunch sophomore class when it starts – the quiet tee-hee of laughter among

When my freshmen strike these words from their literary analysis writing, they (miraculously!) start to sound like young adults.

You know the drill. You give your class a chapter for a novel to read for homework, or maybe you

How to make my blood boil: Imagine we’ve just had an intensely wonderful class discussion on a weighty topic. I

This post is part of an occasional series documenting my entry into project-based learning. This semester, my freshmen will participate

This post is part of an occasional series documenting my entry into project-based learning. This semester, my students will participate in

This post is part of an occasional series documenting my entry into project-based learning. This semester, my students will participate

This post is part of an occasional series documenting my entry into project-based learning. This semester, my freshmen are participating

This post is part of an occasional series documenting my entry into project-based learning. This semester, my students are participating in

This post is part of an occasional series documenting my entry into project-based learning. This semester, my students are participating

Ready to move beyond tired Jeopardy slides? Try a few rounds of the Flyswatter Game, a no-fail way to keep

This post is the last of an occasional series documenting my entry into project-based learning. This semester, my students participated

You want to give students a chance to be creative, but you also still need to control the chaos in

Now that the custodians are done waxing the floors, we can get down to the business of setting up our

An email conversation from blog reader Lynn this weekend (used with permission) might help all of us as we set