I’ve been thinking about the SAMR model recently and how it is not as helpful as I first thought it was. Sure, it can still […]

When I find a good template online, it makes me want to jump for joy. Templates save us time. They give us ideas and get […]

My first presentation at a teacher conference was in 2012. My state foreign language teachers conference. I shared technology and teaching strategies I was using […]

What teacher doesn’t want to save themselves time and teach better? It’s finding those low-prep, high-return activities that we can use right away that can […]

Lesson planning. It’s a basic part of many educators’ day. But in our hectic lives, it’s so easy to rush through our lesson planning. It […]

In the hustle and bustle of everyday life, it’s so easy to let our lesson plans move down our priority list. And when that happens, […]

If you’ve ever bought a lesson plan book, you’ve probably flipped through it and looked at all the extra pages at the beginning and the […]

In many ways, we educators live in an exciting time to be in the classroom and work with students. Examples: We have lots of access […]

Before I became a teacher, I worked outside of education as a full-time newspaper journalist. Of the many differences between being a reporter and being […]

Woodworking has been a hobby of mine since I was young. I got it from my dad, who got it from his dad. We’re a […]