When I started my $20 Challenge, I had no idea it was going to impact the amount of people that it did. Not only did my students spend...

Lately, I have been seeing a troublesome trend on educational social media. (I'm paraphrasing and combining various Tweets here, but...

What started as a way to honor my sister Katie, my $20 challenge has grown into something even more. Over the course of this school year,...

Teaching vocabulary has been the bane of my teaching existence for the past 14 years. Anyone who knows me, knows I am anti-vocabulary...

After my sister died, I found some money in her wallet. I knew this money had to go to helping others, as aiding those in need was...

One of my favorite literary concepts to teach is characterization. Characterization is the core of literature. Without...

If you're not following Weston Kieschnick or Alice Keeler, you should be. Both are prominent and important voices in education and in the...

Last weekend, I had the opportunity to present a session at Unlock Learning, a conference in partnership with the New Jersey Literacy...

I've written before about how I love to use infographic creators to flip lessons. Because you can embed interactive content, such as...

In order to develop thoughtful and analytical citizens, capable of discerning truth and forming educated opinions, I believe it is vital...

Years ago, while scouring the internet, I came across an activity that used Oreos to introduce the concept of close reading. As one who...

This summer, I was gifted this old teak chest by my aunt and uncle who were moving and in no need of it. At first, I wasn’t sure if I...

NOTE: This post is part of a series, How to Flip Your Classroom Without Screencasting Your Face. Please see the explanation here....

NOTE: This post is part of a series, How to Flip Your Classroom Without Screencasting Your Face. Please see the explanation here. While...

NOTE: This post is part of a series, How to Flip Your Classroom Without Screencasting Your Face. Please see the explanation here. So you...

A few years ago, I took an online graduate course for continuing education credits on an emerging idea in education: the flipped...

For my ninth grade ELA class, my last unit of the school year is poetry. While I typically introduce poetry in a fairly traditional...

A couple of weeks ago, my mother, mother in law, and I went to AR Workshop in Newtown, Pennsylvania, an adorable boutique DIY studio...

While the first day of the Deeper Learning Conference ran as a traditional conference, the second day was what they called our “Deep...

Last month, I had the opportunity to fly across country to sunny San Diego to attend the Deeper Learning Conference organized by High...