Doubting Myself
I had a conversation the other day with someone about the use of “morning work.” After hearing them share about using it and how much it was helping the students, I realized I was bothered. First I...
View ArticleNew at the Zoo: A Survey
Please help my class. We have been collecting data at our school but we would love to collect more outside of our building. We researched 19 animals that are currently not at our local zoo, The...
View ArticleZoo Map Question Quest
I want to work with my class on reading infographics. We are also wrapping up our “What’s New at the Zoo?” project and going on a field trip to the zoo. ( You can check out our class twitter page for...
View ArticleSo what happened during the zoo map question quest activity?
Last week, I blogged about an idea. You can see that post here. So…how did it go? It was AMAZING! Now, don’t let me mislead you. We had one hiccup and had to stop a few times to change guidelines as we...
View ArticleGame Makers PBL- part 1
GAME MAKERS I am still fairly new to project-based learning but have loved the ones I have done with my classes the past 2 years. I had this idea for one a few years ago when a kindergarten...
View ArticleGame Makers PBL- part 2
If you missed part 1, click HERE. After exploring commercially bought games and making a list of what we knew and what we needed to know, we needed to find experts that could help us design our games....
View ArticleGame Makers- Part 3: Creating & Making the Games
If missed the previous posts in this series, click here: Post 1 & Post 2 Now that we have learned about graphic design and also how a professional game company designs games, it was our turn to...
View ArticleSmashups are not just for tech tools!
Restaurant/Rory’s Story Cube Smashup If you have ever been to a restaurant that has a piece of white butcher paper covering the tables with crayons? It’s a nice way to pass the time as you wait for...
View ArticleThe Fellowship of the Tweet: A Grateful Member
r I’ve always felt a little odd. A lone wolf. I usually don’t mind, but you rarely grow in isolation. You need others to encourage you. To push you. To inspire you. I had no idea I needed a Twitter...
View ArticleMy WORD for 2019 is…
My Word for 2019 is… CREATE means to: bring (something) into existence. cause (something) to happen as a result of one’s actions. Here is how I want to let the word CREATE shape my new year. I will:...
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