I don’t make genius decks. Most of them are quite simple and ordinary. For me, it’s more about the way that I use Pear Deck itself to engage each student in the classroom, get a sense of individual and group needs, highlight student work anonymously, allow students to ask questions without having to raise their hand, … Continue reading →

I recently saw the See How Well You Can Draw All 50 States quiz posted and immediately thought that this idea could be extended into a fun beginning of the year geography challenge using Pear Deck. Let me explain… The challenge: as a class, create a complete sketch of the state borders in the outline of … Continue reading →

My principal lead us in a wonderful closing meeting today, and I wanted to take a moment to share the structure of this meeting with other principals to gain inspiration from. In our 2-hour division meeting, Bobby (my principal) lead us in an activity that was so thoughtfully constructed and showcased many best teaching practices. … Continue reading →

If you’ve followed my blog for a while, you’ve heard me talk about the Megacity Project that all 9th grade students complete in their Human Geography course. This final cornerstone assessment engages students in an extended study analyzing how megacities are transforming the world. It’s hard to believe that this is our fourth year assigning this … Continue reading →

Last week, I wrote a post: #Productivity Hacks – #InboxZero with @Newtonmailapp: First Impressions. In that post, I shared that I had been using Spark for nearly a year, but was running into some stability issues with the App. So, I decided to trial Newton. In this post, I wanted to share some things I love … Continue reading →

I am an Inbox Zero kind of person. For years, now, I’ve used this method. How I manage my inbox is largely in thanks to email apps that allow you to “Snooze” emails. Now, I don’t abuse this feature just to get my email down to 0 at the end of the day! But using … Continue reading →

As we head into the end of the year and we are creating final reviews, Pear Deck can be a fun way to engage the entire class in review activities. In this post, I want to share two ways to make this material available for students to come back to after class. How to create … Continue reading →

As we are nearing the end of the school year, I wanted to pull together just a small sampling of ideas for final projects to share with teachers at my school. So naturally, I figured I would share these resources with my blog audience, as well! Create a Jeopardy-style game in Google Spreadsheets using Flippity.net … Continue reading →