By Kristen Guth Lately, as I reflect on my unit plans, I find myself continually coming back to the same questions. What is the purpose...

By Sandra Lee For first quarter, freshmen created "Where I'm From" poems while reading House on Mango Street by Sandra C...

Here are some highlights from observing student learning!  If you have any questions or would like to explore some of these ideas in your cl...

One of our goals in the Collab Lab is sharing our practices by getting into classrooms and seeing student learning in action.  Here are some...

By Kim Miklusak For the Contemporary American Texts class, John Bottiglieri has his students create their own documentary.  You can find ...

By: Kim Miklusak & Rachel Barry District 214 has introduced a new scholarship opportunity for current seniors.  The District 214 Fo...

By The Collab Lab Team Today was our second Teaming on Tuesday of the Second Semester.  Our Teaming on Tuesdays offer staff an opportuni...

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 Kristen Guth Recently I have been involved in a lot of conversations about Standards-Based Grading and what that looks like in an E...

by Kirsten Fletcher As teachers, I think we sometimes run the risk of becoming so absorbed in our daily tasks that we lose sight of how ou...

by Mark Heintz A few years ago I observed  Linda Ashida  changing the dynamic of her classroom by having students display all of the class...

This week the CollabLab welcomes guest bloggers Sean and Wendy, both juniors at Elk Grove HS. Hi, I’m Sean Duffy and I partnered w...

By Mark Heintz The 2014-2015 school year focused on literacy and building background knowledge before learning.  In the past few weeks, I ...

By Kim Miklusak Our AP students have reached the end of their exams this week.  They have worked so hard all year--but specifically these ...

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 Mark Heintz I create a lot of materials for my students to learn such as lecture notes, examples, PowerPoints, quizzes, review material...