Roughly two years ago, while doing some light reading, I stumbled upon the idea of Genius Hour in a text. Mentioned more or less in passing, it was enough to intrigue me, and I began looking into this idea of giving students class time to explore areas of interest. It was a moment of circumstance …
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A Busy Summer
I know the past couple of months work on my website has been fairly scarce, but I assure you there has been plenty going on behind the scenes. I am working toward the end of a second Master’s, this one in Educational and Instructional Leadership, and I’ve loaded myself down with three courses (and will …
Passion Projects: Authentic Research with Tangible Outcomes
As educators, we all know the difficulties involved in engaging students in enthusiastic research. There’s moaning and groaning and the dragging of feet, and once you finally move beyond the tantrum stage, you’re left digging through the scraps at the bottom of your bag of tricks, hoping to find the magic key that will make …