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Join me for free online professional development: Finding flow and student engagement in the classroom

The Cornerstone for Teachers

Let’s reimagine student engagement. Join me for a free online training to help you teach productivity practices to students by finding flow. I’ve really enjoyed the time I’ve spent in schools training teachers on the Finding Flow Solutions curriculum , and helping teachers reimagine student engagement in their classrooms.

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Teaching and leading for higher student engagement … even during a pandemic (aka How I spent my summer)

Dangerously Irrelevant

I was fortunate to work with numerous educators this summer on how to teach and lead for higher student engagement – even during a pandemic. This summer I worked with over 150 teachers in Virginia to redesign lessons and units for deeper learning, greater student agency, more authentic work, and rich technology infusion.

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How to Center Equity in Undergraduate Digital Learning

Digital Promise

We aimed to provide course participants the flexibility to identify what equitable learning means at their own institutions, to design a process that consistently centers student voice, and to work within their locus of control to bring about changes to reduce or eliminate inequities.

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How to navigate the new device-agnostic classroom

eSchool News

With the advent of more device-agnostic digital classrooms, many tech-savvy teachers and schools are taking a step back and reevaluating how best to use technology to support their goals. So how can schools ensure that they are creating effective, purposeful learning environments in a device-agnostic classroom?

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3 ways to support special education students with college and career readiness

eSchool News

Regardless of ability, all students are entitled to access the resources that help them develop a successful and fulfilling post-secondary plan. College and career readiness software is a valuable tool that keeps everyone on the same page, allowing multiple individuals to easily track and monitor student progress.

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A Simple Lesson Structure for Fostering Student Engagement #engaginglitminds

Reading By Example

Next are two examples, one primary and one secondary, to show how this structure could be utilized in classrooms, online or in-person. This lesson can be an introduction to a poetry unit for elementary students. Then gradually release the students to write their own poetry via shared demonstration. Secondary Level.

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Dave Burgess Talks Student Engagement #MondayMotivation #tlap

The CoolCatTeacher

Michael Matera talks about how to gamify your classroom in Explore Like a Pirate. (One He specializes in teaching hard-to-reach, hard-to-motivate students with techniques that incorporate showmanship and creativity. he was awarded the BAMMY for Secondary School Teacher of the Year by the Academy of Education Arts and Sciences.