The Strange Reality of Engagement

The Strange Reality of Engagement

The reality of “student engagement” hit me square in the face yesterday as I sat in an ASCD presentation by Alison Zmuda and Robyn Jackson. In it, they shared their keys to engaging students in the classroom. During the session, I couldn’t help but compare...

Teach Me How to Teach

This post was originally written for the ntcamp blog and is crossposted there. Jack Nicklaus was an exceptional master golfer. In his legendary career, he won a record 18 major tournaments, and had a total of 115 professional wins. Many writers have listed...

The Three I's of Curriculum

Last week I wrote about how design principles should apply to curriculum. I’ve been thinking about one of those elements in particular: the idea of white space. This isn’t really a new concept, but I think it bears some examination. Curriculum today is...