Earth Day Resources

Earth Day is a great opportunity to expose students to all kinds of activities including recycling, gardens, and sustainable energy sources.  Here are some links to lessons and classroom ideas I have found. Garden Based Learning: Earth Day: Lesson Plans, Reading Lists, and Classroom Ideas Educationworld: Earth Day Lessons NEA: Earth Day Curriculum Resources, Grades…

April is POETRY MONTH!

April is Poetry Month! Here are some basic resources and lesson plans to help plan some poetic activities. https://www.poets.org/national-poetry-month/home https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/lesson-plans http://teacher.scholastic.com/poetry/ http://www.readingrockets.org/calendar/poetry http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/calendar-activities/april-national-poetry-month-20478.html    

How Technology Should Have Already Changed Your Teaching

by Terry Heick A little bit of technology doesn’t change much. Can make things a little easier by automating them. It could make a lesson here or there gee-wiz flashy, or even engage hesitant students. Tacked-on learning technology can do this. But deep integration of technology–real at-the-marrow fusion of learning model, curriculum, and #edtech? That changes…