Our first day of school just ended, it is quite a challenge just getting the students in, taking roll and hoping to make a positive impression. I prepared and displayed seating chart so students had a place prepared for them (unless the classes were oversized which most were). I had...

This week I spent two days at the fabulous Windward School in Los Angeles for their third Design and Maker Class Colloquium. It was great to reconnect with and/or meet awesome teachers. This event seems a bit under the radar as it's pretty small, but Windward goes all out to...

The highlight of my summer professional development was spending a week at Space Camp for Educators at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL. The schedule was jam packed with great activities and lesson ideas on top of all the goose-bump inducing history on display. The best aspect...

It's so awesome to have been admitted into the Exploratorium Teacher Institute this summer. We just wrapped up the first week and it was so full of experiences and stimuli, going to try and share some of what it is about. If you've never heard of the Exploratorium, you need...