Jump in the wayback machine and see what was once considered new. But it's progress with a downside – all those telephone operators will soon be out of work. One hack you can try – use a pencil instead of your finger to protect that manicure.

The perceived audience / purpose for most student work is the teacher / because it was assigned. Learning becomes more meaningful when students are given chances to share their thinking with more authenticity. It's as simple as adding an audience to an assignment. Example: "How would you explain your solution to younger students?" This also [...]

Looks like the Google gang have some extra time on their hands. They created collaborative spreadsheet art using Google docs. Sure fits my definition of Bloom's highest level of thinking – creating –  a new combination of old elements. Click here for more info and a template.

This week I traveled to Waco TX where I conducted two days of training for an ESC Region 12 "Teaching American History" grant.  I had the chance to work with 5th, 8th and 11th grade teachers on techniques to move the focus of history instruction to document-based instruction. I used resources from my website "Teaching [...]