Written by Linda Ashida Finally the day has come!  After a full year of hard work--decision-making (on design, theme, layout), collaborati...

By Mark Heintz Game changer! I have heard this term used in education twice. The first time was from  Persida Bujdei .  She came into a pe...

By Mark Heintz The more I teach, the longer it takes me to get through the material.  In my first few years of teaching, I focused on co...

By: Rachel Barry I believe that the most important skill to be taught in any mathematics curricula is critical thinking.   A student s...

By Mark Heintz The Elk Grove freshmen human geography team added a document based question curriculum to achieve higher level thinking sk...

By Joe Bush In February of 2015, I was fortunate enough to attend the John Maxwell Team Leadership Certification Program.  It was the be...

By Mark Heintz Higher level thinking in May? You bet! At the end of my lesson on Monday, students wrote four impacts of the Neolithic Revo...

By Kim Miklusak I've just finished reading Mindset: the New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck .  The book is an informative and eye...

By Mark Heintz On Monday, April 6, 2015, our district had an in-service day.  In the new contract signed last year, our Education Associat...

By Mark Heintz How do you stay energized as a teacher?  Stressors emotionally drain us as teachers throughout the day.  In the midwest, it...

By: Rachel Barry A Schoology Checklist is a great tool to hold students accountable for completing assignments in a designate...

Posted by Linda Ashida (@Ashida_Linda) I have become increasingly interested in the impact that Social Media tools can have on teachin...