Out On a School Night With #IgniteEdLab
Last month at Town Hall I gave an auctioneer-style presentation on how building a new unit on activism and advertising with 6th graders was a little like falling in love. Those five minutes on stage...
View ArticleUsing Evidence in Text-based Debates
With the current shifts in English and implementing new standards, my colleagues and I try to find new ways to help our kids develop evidence-based arguments. This is a key point in the Common Core...
View ArticleM.A.R. 01: Slay the Curriculum
Welcome to Mostly Appropriate Resources, my new column where I offer teachers ideas for ELA curriculum that might inspire a few parent emails. All lessons are aligned with Charlotte Danielson’s teacher...
View ArticleVlog: The Power of Studio Residency
A Residency for Teachers My husband Jasen is an oncology pharmacist. I am a teacher. He goes to work carrying hope that his patients will have a future that lasts just a little longer. I go to work...
View ArticleVideo: Students on Success and a Week Without Grades
Media Madness was equally exhausting and inspiring. By the end of the week I was ready for spring break and so proud and so grateful for these kids and all of our guests. And then The Seattle Times...
View ArticleM.A.R.#5: Queer the Curriculum
Welcome to a special Pride month installment of Mostly Appropriate Resources. My hope with this post is that these resources contribute to safer classrooms for all students and all teachers. This...
View Article20Time Is My 20Time This Year
cover photo courtesy NYPhotographic via Picserver as per Creative Commons license My high school juniors’ 20 Time projects are still in their infancy. We began pursuing possibilities in mid October,...
View ArticleVlog: 3 Steps for Using Debate to Promote Meaningful Student Talk
For a four-minute professional development on using debate in the classroom, check out my vlog below:
View ArticleDisrupting Education: 4 Powerful Ideas from #TEDEdWeekend PHOTOS
I recently spent the weekend in New York City with 26 of my fellow Cohort 3 TED-Ed Innovative Educators (TIEs) from 11 different countries for TED’s first-ever TED-Ed Weekend. It was a...
View Article#IgniteEdLab Returns! Feb 8 at Town Hall Seattle
Save the date! The second-annual Ignite Education Lab is returning to Town Hall Seattle On Wednesday, February 8th. This night of quick-fire education-themed storytelling is presented by The Seattle...
View ArticleMostly Appropriate Resources: Looking Back with Kristin Leong
This will be my final blog post with CorelaborateWA.org as I make space for another classroom teacher’s voice. After nearly seven years as a middle school Humanities teacher, I have accepted a new role...
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