If you have never attended a TEDx event, you have missed an inspiring learning opportunity. TEDxUrsulineCollege at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland was one of the Read More
What is education’s biggest problem? Helping the impoverished? Working with students with disabilities? Feeding hungry children? Standardized testing? These are all worthy issues that require much attention, but Read More
Your students are on the Internet. Help them use it appropriately with these 15 Netiquette Rules. For your convenience, the rules are listed beneath this infographic. Find more Read More
You want to dazzle your students by engaging them with social media in the classroom. You know they love Pinterest, and you really want to integrate it into Read More
There’s nothing like a Twitter chat for helping teachers. Twitter is rife with conversations about education technology, classroom management, assessment strategies, and much more. Twitter’s #Sunchat, moderated by Read More
Yes, I’m going there. Yes, someone else is probably going to follow this post up very shortly with one titled, “Gerald Aungst: Brilliant or Insane” for even being Read More
Are you a connected educator? The just-scratching-the-surface answer is yes, because you’re reading this blog post. Absorbing and sharing content online is just one part of connecting. When Read More
Have you heard the phrase, Assessment 3.0? This infographic explains what Assessment 3.0 is and how it can change teaching and learning forever. In my book, Assessment 3.0: Read More
See Mrs. Jones. She has a fantastic idea for a new assignment. It’s going to be challenging and engaging and fun. Before she can give this assignment to her Read More
An example of my ineffective classroom management tracking tool. Many teachers don’t understand the difference between being in control and controlling. As a novice teacher, I clearly didn’t Read More
Four out of five members of my household are currently engaged in extended, structured learning experiences. Otherwise known as school. I have a child in middle school, one Read More
As a loyal reader of Brilliant or Insane, you get a sneak peek at arguably the most important visual (pictured above) in my upcoming TED Talk. This is Read More
We live in a digital age and online learning is dominating education more than ever. Here are 11 powerful online learning tips from Drexel University, illustrated below. Don’t miss Read More
Sure, it’s a bit self serving, but, hey, you only turn 1 once. So, Happy Birthday Brilliant or Insane, which is one year old. This birthday celebration is Read More
While so-called education leaders–Secretary Arne Duncan, Bill Gates, and Michelle Rhee–continue to tell anyone who will listen that the Common Core is just what education needs, many states are Read More
September 2014 may be remembered as the “Ways Teachers (do things) ” blog post month. Feeding off of August’s most popular post ever, 6 Ways Teachers Kill the Read More
A quality student-centered classroom is built on yearlong project based learning. When I was teaching, I introduced MAD, or the Make a Difference project, early in the school year. Yearlong Read More
Have you considered creating a flipped classroom? No, this doesn’t mean turning your room upside down. The flipped classroom is about implementing 21st-century digital learning strategies and engaging learners outside of Read More
It’s time for teachers to stop saying, “This won’t work because we’re accountable to administrators, parents, and the bureaucracy.” Teachers have the power to change the world, from the Read More
The popular reading program, Accelerated Reader, is loved by many teachers and hated by others. I’ve heard principals praise Accelerated Reader, known simply as AR by many, as a Read More
