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Season 10 Episode 406
I bet you know your favorite way to learn something. Maybe it's by listening to a podcast, skimming a couple of articles on the topic, reading a boo…
5 months ago
5 Creative Activities for A Christmas Carol
Season 10 Episode 405
Dickens' A Christmas Carol stands out strongly from his other works, but not because it's so different, really, in what it hopes to accomplish. Crit…
5 months, 1 week ago
The Missing Piece in Most ELA Projects
Season 10 Episode 404
According to research by Stanford Professor Bob Sutton, innovative businesses need to generate about 4,000 ideas to come up with two or three reall…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
5 Hexagonal Thinking Minis (Try One Tomorrow!)
Season 10 Episode 403
It's easy to think of hexagonal thinking as a big event, a full-class activity that you set up and run for a whole period. But once your students kn…
6 months ago
Make Your Space a Partner with Flexible Resources
Season 10 Episode 402
You know how some spaces just make you feel excited to DO something? Whether it's a Cricut getting your wheels spinning with what-ifs, beautiful she…
6 months, 1 week ago
Easy Wins on the Sensory Dashboard (yes, in ELA!)
Season 10 Episode 401
The other day I found myself walking through a parking garage stairwell in Iowa City, and I realized they were using the same scent design as the lo…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
#evolvingEDdesign: Giving Students Real Agency
Season 10 Episode 400
Imagine you and I were about to make a dinner together. Now, I bring a love of baking to our project, and a decently strong roast chicken game. But …
6 months, 3 weeks ago
#evolvingEDdesign: Crafting a Flexible Classroom
Season 10 Episode 399
My first classroom was a little blue trailer on the edge of the soccer field. Every morning, I got my shoes clogged with mud hiking across the field…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
A Simple Trick to Elevate Poetry Analysis: Poetry Blackout
Season 10 Episode 398
The first time I had much use for poetry came in college, freshmen year. My professor assigned each of us to memorize a poem and recite it in class.…
7 months ago
The Humble Webquest Levels Up (How-To + Templates)
Season 10 Episode 397
I've got more and more respect, these days, for the humble webquest. Slash hyperdoc. Slash game board. Slash immersive digital multimedia experience…
7 months, 1 week ago