At morning meeting in our class, most days we are regaled with stories about what happened on which Minecraft server and who did what in whichever video game. When the students choose to share something important to them, they often choose stories about video games. This is the persepective I came with when I watched Gamification by…
In our classroom this past Friday, we had some free time. I had shared with my students how my mother, who lives in Minnesota, had had the misfortune of breaking both of her legs. The students decided that it would be a good use of…
Course five corresponded with a great time during our collaboration as a fifth grade team. Toward the beginning of the school year (and during course four), we were still transitioning into our team and our curriculum; changing the way we approached the standards and crafting…
For our April Teachers Teaching Teachers professional development afternoon, I was asked if I’d like to be a part of the speed geeking session being held in the middle school…
For the last five weeks, we’ve been in endangered animal mode in grade five. We’ve been crusaders for the environment, for animal rights, for the dwindling populations of species unique…
It was a Friday afternoon. I was in my classroom by myself, and I hear this growling and I totally freaked out. So I shot off an email to my…
