ZB Design

Image from Pixabay   Want your students to love learning and help themselves learn? Student-centered classrooms have become the hallmark of a seasoned teacher’s course. Strategies […]

  Choices will motivate your learners. If you have very little participation in your courses, try offering choices right from the start. Not only do choices […]

Have you written an online course and wondering how good it is?  Are you hoping to cash in on your online content? I am now […]

Some time ago, I worked with a company that completely ignored the design process. I strongly discouraged it. There was no ADDIE, SAM or AGILE […]

McRel is an educational research nonprofit with headquarters in Denver, Colorado. They have published numerous studies on instruction effectiveness. In the book, Classroom Instruction That Works: […]

Last week, I presented with the great Nancy Barnett of eL3 at the DECA AMPED conference in Denver. eL3 is working to bring entrepreneurial-savvy skills to […]

I have been working with a company for several months that is building an online curriculum/lesson planning tool for teachers. The next step is to […]

Challenge #4 was to create at least two slides in a flat design. This was new territory for me, so I referenced The Beginner’s Guide […]

On Boredom  “Boredom is the inability to connect to the reality surrounding you.” Or something like that. A friend who used to say something to […]

As a science teacher, people are surprised to find out that I am against dissection schools. It is an outdated practice. It is cruel. It […]

Thank you to Strausser and his “A Teacher’s Perspective” Blog for this great post! “Listening to Bill Bennett’s radio show, he had on an author […]

Rigor, relevance and relationships are critical components of online courses to ensure that every student has the opportunity to experience success. The first component is to […]