Sometimes things do not go exactly to plan… As any teacher can attest, there are times when the intended outcomes of a lesson do not simply materialize when the bell rings. The same principle exists for the professional development of Read more…
Reacting to a Cognitive Shove I define an opportunity to develop as a professional a success when my thinking, my stance as a teacher of mathematics and a preparer of teachers of mathematics, changes. By that measure my time at Read more…
Listen If you are wondering what The Orchard Oxford is doing sending a Service Team over Spring Break to Camp Mary, Haiti, then take a listen to this podcast. One of the trip leaders, Amber, hosts the show, while The Read more…
Home What does it mean to be home? Is it a place? I don’t think so. People move all the time. It has to be the connection of people located in a place, or as Edward Sharp & the Magnetic Read more…
On Monday, November 27th, 2017, I conducted a LIVE Webinar for the purpose of walking Undergraduate Elementary Education Majors through the nuts and bolts of documenting their growth as a professional educator within their electronic portfolio. There were opportunities to Read more…
Struggle is a good thing. That cannot be true…can it? I don’t want to see my children struggle. I don’t want to see my students struggle. When someone struggling, I want to run over and help them. I want to Read more…
The Badger Boys State family lost a great one this past week. Fred Berns died on Wednesday, October 25, 2017. Badger Boys State is a week long program put on by the American Legion where rising seniors in high school Read more…
100 is a big deal In kindergarten they celebrate the 100th day of school like Christmas. It is a big deal to get to that third digit. Same goes for Dr. Sam Otten (@ottensam) releasing 100 episodes of the Math Read more…
I was worried. How would they handle the gravity of the task before them… As I gazed into the eyes of the 20 kindergarteners in front of me, I played for them the message on my phone. They grinned in Read more…
I saved the day. The math problem had a small detail in it that if my students were not paying attention, it would mess up their work. So I darted around the room and pointed out the detail at the Read more…
