This year I decided to get a bit cute with my syllabus and chose to use PowerPoint as the document … More

My district Social Studies coordinator is among the people that follow my blog. She asked me to meet with fellow … More

Today was the 2nd to last day of summer before teachers report back to school. Naturally, my family wanted to … More

I’ve been meaning to write this post for awhile but it was brief Twitter discussion with Carrie (@HeckAwesome) that was … More

Sometimes I forget how awesome the world is. I forget how much I just don’t know. Today was one of … More

Yesterday day I turned 40. I officially no longer eligible to win any ‘up and coming educator’ awards. I’m ok … More

One misconception about Game Inspired Designs, gamification, and/ot GBL is that it is just goofing around. The fear is that … More

“In writing, you must kill your darlings” –William Faulkner Over the last few years I have had a lot of success with … More