If your colleagues/staff reminds you of bobblehead dolls then they are probably teaching students to act like bobblehead dolls. These dolls (people) simply sway their head up and down in a mindless fashion when stimulated by an outside source without ever thinking about their actions or alternatives. Acting as a “cog” in the machine doesn’t [...]

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As educators, we are constantly finding students that we deem as “having potential”. This is a positive as it shows that we are recognizing promise in our students and realizing that they can develop into successful individuals later on in life. That’s also why I wish we would stop using the term “potential” when describing [...]

In reading Seth Godin’s blog today (I’m Mad At Everyone), I couldn’t help but think about the way that teachers share lesson plans and lessons in the name of collaboration. The reality is that this type of cooperative work may be damaging students’ abilities to learn as well as your ability to teach. If there [...]

There are any number of blog posts that discuss this topic, but I figured I would put my own up and join the fun. The easy way to prevent PowerPoint from ruining a lesson is simple: just don’t use it. Realize quickly that PowerPoint often detracts from the more important message that you are trying [...]