Last school year (2018-2019), my sophomore English class wrote a novel. It's a post-apocalyptic collection of connected short stories, and I'm super proud of their work.  You can actually purchase a copy of the book on Amazon HERE As we were doing final edits on the book in the spring, partly to motivate me, I submitted a proposal to present...

When it comes to curriculum, I am a definite fan of OERs (Open Educational Resources), but I also think that there's a place for teacher-created resources as well. I opened a Teachers Pay Teachers store this August, and so far here's what I have made available: a list of quotes for your classroom letter board [free] a back to school alternative...

My classroom is still very much a work in progress, even though it's already November. I'm hoping to get it 100% where I'm happy with by before we leave for Christmas break. Switching the entire room arrangement (and switching subjects) made it a bigger undertaking than in year's past.  Here's what's new: I switched the desks around so that the one...

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And that's a wrap on the 2018-2019 school year! Well, almost- we have two days of school and two days of finals left. Very last Technology Newsletter is going in everyone's boxes tomorrow. You can view/download copies from the entire year here...

I set a goal at the beginning of last school year (August 2018) to publish a monthly newsletter, starting in September. Not only did I stick to that plan, but I also had numerous people thank me for it and say that it was helpful and that they looked forward to getting it. Things were going good, but I soon realized that more people weren't reading it than...