What do we want our students to get out of their education? This is a question that I don’t think gets asked enough by educators around the world. We focus on content, what the state says they should get out of it, and what is written into our curriculum. But in the end, what is […]
The Life and Times of J.C. Faulkner and Alma Rutherford-Faulkner
The following was written by Alma Faulkner on May 1, 1997. I transcribed it exactly as she had written it, capitalization, punctuation, and all (despite my frustrations that my Grandma does not use the Oxford comma). This just scratches the surface of the amazing life she and my Grandpa had together, and gives you an […]
Lost Instructional Time
Who taught you how to use Snapchat? For me, it was 15 high school juniors and seniors who could not believe that their teacher would stop in the middle of a lesson to learn about the newest social media craze.
The Students Are Upset and I Like It…Wait What?
Do you remember the scene in Santa Claus is Coming to Town where Burgermeister Meisterburger makes all of the children turn in their toys? This awful tyrant is forcing them to return the one thing that gives them the most joy, and devastation sets in.
Using VoiceThread In AND Out of the Classroom
I recently wrote a guest blog entry for Voicethread, a fantastic tool that has more uses than you could believe. Check it out here.