In your classroom, you likely have identified specific problems impacting student behavior or performance that needs to be solved in a certain way. You might be utilizing a specific instructional method, assessment, classroom management strategy, or something else as part of your classroom routine to help address the issues you see. Or, you may begin…

Ideas and strategies to check for student understanding are plentiful. You may find that you’ll use several different methods within each classroom and choose methods specific to the task students complete. A large toolbox of strategies to pull from can help ensure you understand exactly what each student knows. When designed correctly, your methods to…

Your students need a model for improving their work; with timely and specific feedback, it will be easier for them to work to improve in certain areas. Student feedback identifies particular areas of student performance and provides insight into their strengths and weaknesses. Therefore, feedback should be a natural component of most assessment methods you…

With the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) in recent years (and especially in the past several months) in various industries, many in the education space are now wondering how this will affect the careers of K-12 teachers and educators. Many opinion articles have stated the potential for AI to replace teachers. However, we, as professional…

Science is different in other content areas in that the foundation of its existence relies on asking questions about the world around us, forming and testing a hypothesis, and analyzing the results. It’s only natural that a science classroom would mirror the essence of this field. While direct instruction and practice-based learning have their place,…

Peer tutoring is an effective flexible grouping strategy that can be a terrific way to improve your instructional effectiveness, while also improving the sense of community, confidence, and leadership skills of your students. It is important to establish processes, provide support, and plan when choosing your tutor and tutee and it is important to consider…

When we hit peak summer, we hit the beach. Our beaches double as both a good time and an increasingly rare opportunity to engage directly with nature. But beaches are, like the rest of nature, subject to harm from human interaction. Just because you’re there to relax doesn’t mean you should relax your commitment to…

Hey there! Let me tell you something mind-blowing: stars, those mesmerizing specks of light in the night sky, are actually incredible celestial powerhouses. They are gigantic balls of gas, mainly hydrogen and helium, that generate heat and light through an… Hey there! Let me tell you something mind-blowing: stars, those mesmerizing specks of light in the…

I’ve spent A LOT of personal time the past year diving into AI and how it can be used to improve people’s lives. When I was getting my M.S. degree I built basic neural networks in Excel on machines with… I’ve spent A LOT of personal time the past year diving into AI and how it…