Like many new teachers, I used to be uncomfortable giving up control. I saw a well functioning class as largely teacher-directed, and that if you gave students too many choices they would end up choosing poorly for themselves. How wrong I was. The following tips are some strategies that I use to make my classroom … Continue reading 5 Ways to Give Your Class Back to Your Students
Count By Songs Are Changing How Students Learn to Multiply
Learning Different Strategies Every year, I teach my students a number of different strategies for how to solve multiplication problems and they come up with and show me a few more. These include: Drawing a Picture Repeated Addition Making an Array And Count Bys By far the favorite strategy for my students year after year … Continue reading Count By Songs Are Changing How Students Learn to Multiply
5 Fun Idea Generators to Get Kids Writing
Before 1:1, I used to take lists of writing prompts or story starters that I found online and cut them out into small strips for the students. It was time consuming, and when they were all used up, I had to go find some more. Nowadays, I rely mostly on online random generators to create … Continue reading 5 Fun Idea Generators to Get Kids Writing
Hour of Code + Caine’s Arcade Brings Creative Computer Science to Sudan
Caine's Arcade inspired classrooms across the world to value and foster the creativity inherent in all of our children. Similarly, the Hour of Code has inspired millions of children to learn the basics of computer programming. Why not combine them? For this year's Hour of Code, students in my class took their coded video games … Continue reading Hour of Code + Caine’s Arcade Brings Creative Computer Science to Sudan
Project Shawarma – Students Translate Arabic Menu for a Local Restaurant
A common problem for me as a non-Arabic speaking Khawaja in #Sudan is that many restaurants do not have English language translations. After having one of the best shawarmas in the city just a few months ago, but only being able to say "shawarma jumbo", I was naturally curious to find out what else was … Continue reading Project Shawarma – Students Translate Arabic Menu for a Local Restaurant
Teachers Need Tech Sandbox Time
Have you ever met a teacher that had too much planning and nothing to do? Me neither. We fill our planning times and the cracks in between being extremely busy with a litany of time-consuming tasks. That's why administrators and instructional coaches like myself need to give teachers time to just play around with all … Continue reading Teachers Need Tech Sandbox Time
Seesaw Trick: The Imaginary Student
I have seen a lot of innovative practices in my school this year, and one of these is the clever use of the "fake" or "imaginary" student to organize and filter student work on Seesaw. The purpose of this post is to showcase this hidden feature that all Seesaw users should familiarize themselves with. Classroom News Imaginary … Continue reading Seesaw Trick: The Imaginary Student
Easy-Peasy Way to Give Great Links to Students
Sometimes the most useful tools are also the simplest. This rings true with e-link. I've already talked about e-link in the past, and I am happy to say that I am still using it. It is the easiest way I have found to give students a bunch of great URLs on one, quick embeddable webpage. Here … Continue reading Easy-Peasy Way to Give Great Links to Students
My Week of Professional Learning #AEC2016
Stephanie and I had the pleasure of enjoying five days of amazing #AfricaEd at the AISA 2016 Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa. If you ever have the chance to attend the AISA conference, either by your own dime or your school's, I highly recommend it. Here are the links to all five posts that I … Continue reading My Week of Professional Learning #AEC2016
Day 5 #AEC2016: It’s not about the “stuff”; It’s about the people.
#AEC2016 is about more than the "stuff"; It's about the people! Thanks to @rharwood17 and @karenboyes for great learning opps! #AfricaEd — Zach Groshell, M.Ed (@MrZachG) October 20, 2016 One of the great people in my life, Camp Director @tahoescotty, always says that camp is not about the "stuff"; it's about the people. It's about … Continue reading Day 5 #AEC2016: It’s not about the “stuff”; It’s about the people.
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