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Every day I share ideas and teaching tips. As you may know, there are some authentication issues with Diigo and blogger, so here’s today’s tips posted manually. Behavior management Ideas …

Improve Your Learning and Memory.: Your Kid May Be Smart. Just Don’t Tell Him So Too Often Every kd isn’t smart but every kid (and adult) needs a “growth mindset.” …

I wrote this at halftime last night. Here was my view. Sometimes teaching is like basketball. When you are hot… All net. You can’t miss. Things are clicking. Everyone is …

Some teachers are tempted to be babysitters during the holidays when, in fact, you can get some powerful teaching moments in your classroom. Take time to be creative and integrate …

As team captains, Julie and I were asked to bring forth our comments about leading global collaborative projects and we have some very current comments on what we’re doing now …

Social media has added to my life because there are incredible people in my sphere of socializing.What you get out of your time engaged with social media is directly proportional …

F.L.A.T.s will officially launch tomorrow. Our teachers have been talking about the fact that we need ongoing online pd and sharing of best practices. Also, that many webinars are sort …

Room in My ClassroomWhen frowns are down and people are milling around…It’s time to hide in your room. When people are tired and with caffeine over-wiredIt’s time to hide in …

“Should jailbreaking cell phones be part of my research project, ‘Miss’ Vicki?” said the eager Digiteen student as if a light bulb had just gone on.  “Tons of people are …

The first day of school was today and it was crazy for me — as a teacher, 5 classes and 1 homeroom – with my IT hat – making sure …