All across the world, the natural love and desire to learn is dying. Not a slow death, not a death… Read more When Schools Kill
Author: mrkauf
HighFive the End of the Year: Five Engaging and Meaningful Last Days Activities
The last days of school aren’t always the easiest when it comes to thinking of engaging and meaningful activities.… Read more HighFive the End of the Year: Five Engaging and Meaningful Last Days Activities
Hip Hop in the Classroom: Writing Academic Raps
Click here to check out my new and updated post on writing academic raps! I love hip hop. I love… Read more Hip Hop in the Classroom: Writing Academic Raps
5 Levels of Better Feedback With GAFE
“The hinge factor to improve student learning in schools is feedback…” -Jane E. Pollock In her book, Feedback, the Hinge That… Read more 5 Levels of Better Feedback With GAFE
3 Ways to Reflect with Purpose
According to Cathryn Berger Kaye, in her article Meaningful Reflection, a Practical Approach, reflection can be informative, generative, or at its… Read more 3 Ways to Reflect with Purpose
Evaluating with Google Drawings
Evaluate (v) – to determine the significance, worth, or condition of usually by careful appraisal and study (Merriam-Webster). Evaluating is… Read more Evaluating with Google Drawings
Evaluating the Muslim Innovations of the Middle Ages
The following is a lesson on evaluating using Google Drawings. The lesson is centered around evaluating the significance and impact… Read more Evaluating the Muslim Innovations of the Middle Ages
Process with Pencil and Paper, Produce with Technology
I sat on a Q&A teacher panel a few weeks back during a high school staff meeting about the upcoming… Read more Process with Pencil and Paper, Produce with Technology
Learning to Write Sketchnotes Using Flocabulary’s Week in Rap
Flocabulary* plays a regular part in my classroom through historical content videos, like their video Gettin’ Byzzy With It about the… Read more Learning to Write Sketchnotes Using Flocabulary’s Week in Rap
Instagram in the Classroom
I have always been a little reluctant to letting new technology into my personal life. I held off years on… Read more Instagram in the Classroom
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