Innovative Pedagogy

This week we got the chance to talk via Zoom to Jeff Hopkins to the founder and principal of the Pacific School of Innovation and Inquiry (PSII), and independent school. Our virtual tour through the classroom space felt more like … Read More

Not The SAME Old Model

This week we learned about the SAMR model for teaching in the classroom. This was my first time hearing about SAMR. It’s an acronym that means: Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition. It was developed to assist educators to think about … Read More

Runbelievable Week

I changed it up this week. I ran in the woods. No, no, not the backwoods, that would be dangerous, just the well trafficked trails where I couldn’t trip over roots. I ran around a lake, I ran around my … Read More

Pedagogy and The Curriculum Crisis

I don’t know about you, but I love learning. This week I had the opportunity to watch “Most Likley to Succeed“.  This movie chronicles the lives of students at a charter school. However, this school teachings things a bit differently. … Read More