Musings

✏️ Creative Writing Doesn't Exist

Humans speak in stories. If we spoke with subtitles, our speech would be "creative writing." Yet teaching to standards, schools pursue something else…

Jul 17

🖥️ Lesson Plan Randomizer Beta (+ Download)

Ready to mix up your planning? Play with this Excel sheet and generate 100 lesson plans in seconds!

Mar 8 •

🖥️ How We Failed the First Digital Generation (The Dead Desktop Metaphor)

We rendered the physical world backwards incompatible. But it started with letter writing.

Feb 17 •

📓 Couch to 5K Writing

Want to improve running? You might consider running first.

Jan 22 •

🎺 Breathing Isn't a Standard (Data-Driven Band Class)

What if band were taught like a tested subject? Explore the standards-driven music class where the only things practiced are dynamics.

Dec 26, 2024 •

🤷‍♂️ What Really Happens in the Classroom (Notes 8/4-10/11)

A roundup of my Notes for the first nine weeks. Also included: Kids don't use folders.

Oct 12, 2024 •

🧠 Blue Trucks and Reading Dances: Five Fast Implications to Dual Coding Theory

What is the most effective reading comprehension strategy ever?*

Sep 16, 2024 •

From “Never Forget” to “Not Born Yet”

Never forgetting when teaching the next generation.

Sep 11, 2024 •

🧠 What is Dual Coding Theory? (Hint: Not Computer Related.)

Hint: DCT deals with the brain, not computers.

Sep 7, 2024 •

Fall Syllabus 2024

Backwards planning for the Fall semester.

Aug 31, 2024 •

📱 Touchscreens are intuitive. Word processors aren’t.

Let’s teach Office software like any other academic standard.

Aug 4, 2024 •

Teachers, Begin Your School Year with Regrets. (And Hope)

Begin your school year by looking backwards.

Jul 27, 2024 •

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