The back-to-school season is exciting, but it’s also one of the busiest times of the year for teachers. Between setting up your classroom, planning lessons, meeting families, and getting to … Continue Reading How to Save Time During Back to School with ChatGPT
ChatGPT is a great tool for teachers to use to help you save time. In my experience, crafting a rubric from scratch can sometimes be time-consuming and challenging. By using … Continue Reading How to Make a Rubric Using ChatGPT
If you’ve ever worried that your college essay sounds like a thousand others, you’re not alone. With thousands of students applying to the same schools, often with similar GPAs, test … Continue Reading How to Make Your College Essay Stand Out (Without Sounding Like Everyone Else)
If you’re applying to college, one of the most insightful questions on the Common Application is Prompt #3: Reflect on a time when you questioned or challenged a belief or idea. What … Continue Reading How to Write the Common App Essay for Prompt #3 in 2025
If you’re a high school student applying to college, chances are you’ve heard about using AI tools like ChatGPT to help with your college application essays. Maybe you’ve even tried … Continue Reading Why You Shouldn’t Use ChatGPT to Write Your College Application Essays (And How to Use It the Right Way)
If you’re applying to college, one of the most insightful questions on the Common Application is Prompt #2: The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to … Continue Reading How to Write the Common App Essay for Prompt #2 in 2025
If you’re applying to college, one of the most popular essay questions on the Common Application is Prompt #1: Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is … Continue Reading How to Write the Common App Essay for Prompt #1 in 2025
If you’re getting ready to apply to college, chances are you’ll be filling out the Common Application (Did you know it’s used by over 1,000 colleges across the U.S.?!). One … Continue Reading Your Go-To Guide to the Common Application Essay in 2025
Design Thinking is a creative problem-solving framework that can be used to spark innovation and develop innovative solutions. Design sprints are a great way to introduce students to Design Thinking … Continue Reading Introducing Students to Design Thinking Using a Design Sprint
Entrepreneurship education equips students with skills and knowledge to help them thrive in today’s dynamic world — like creativity, resilience, critical thinking, flexibility, and ethical and social responsibility. By developing … Continue Reading Using Design Thinking to Teach Entrepreneurship in the Classroom
The first six weeks of school help set the foundation for the remainder of the year – from establishing routines and agreements to developing goals and a classroom identity (Responsive … Continue Reading Back to School Picture Books and Read Alouds for the Elementary Classroom (2022)
Research shows that project-based learning has a profound impact in deepening educational experiences for students. I’ve seen first-hand the power of PBL in the classroom. That being said, when a … Continue Reading Common Challenges of PBL, and How to Avoid Them
Our students have been chatting about the latest viral trends and sounds on TikTok for a couple years now, and I finally decided to see what all the fuss is … Continue Reading Teacher Tech Tips on TikTok
Mote is a free Chrome extension that allows users to add voice notes to documents and assignments. Mote is a fast, flexible way to give digital feedback – in fact, … Continue Reading How to Use Mote in the Classroom
This blog post is inspired by the work of Mitchel Resnick, LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research at the MIT Media Lab. His Lifelong Kindergarten team at MIT Media Lab … Continue Reading A Case for Tinkering, Exploration, and Play for Every Grade Level
Many of the ideas in this blog post are inspired by two of my favorite teaching blogs written by Jennifer Gonzalez and John Spencer. Visit their blogs to learn more … Continue Reading Bringing Blogging into the Classroom with Student Blog Projects
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