A great example of connected reading and writing in the high school English classroom. There is something extremely powerful going on here within both your autonomy and your ability to express the need for feedback. I do believe that “being left alone in your classroom” is possibly holding the rest …
The more that I provide support for people who need to use the Share box in Google Drive, the more that I realize it is flat out BROKEN. We need a better way to share documents, and the confusing set of options in Google Docs, is not the way to …
When personalized professional learning goes so right: I am so glad that you are okay with folks asking you to “stop” for all the right reasons. I think that very often we hear that word and we think that we need to press right on through. I love that this …
What an amazing set of student voices in this post: The written words of students, particularly those that are deeply engaged in the learning process, present the single most inspiring moments of my own teaching career. These words are no different, and I think you should feel extremely proud that …
What an amazing example of what is possible with cross-classroom collaborations and connected educators! I know that this post is from a couple years ago, but I am just now finding it, and I am so glad that you captured all that you did for this project. It is clear …
My thoughts about how trying is harder than you think: I love how this post is half inspiration and half opening the conversation to other opportunities for learning (the links and the week at a glance). Your structure of a story also really resonates with me. I believe in the …
I am so proud of all of the Project Cam Opener participants!
This is an amazing post for how to make your few resources go further in your classroom. What a wonderful lens for learning: I love the way you are looking at constraints as an asset here, and I really think that they are in your very capable hands. Your …
I can’t wait to try out all of the teacher challenges that Rae mentions: I am in love with the way you have laid out the growth potential you have identified within teacher challenges. I often struggle with this component of group accountability within professional learning. I think that this is …
I thought it was appropriate to comment on this post as a part of my own version of a teacher challenge.