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Empowered Teachers Empower Students Blog Post

I have a bobble head of myself on the bookshelves in my office. It’s a bit of an Easter egg that you can find in some of my videos. On the surface, this item seems arrogant and excessive. And yet, I didn’t buy the bobble…

How Student Journals Can Spark Curiosity and Inspire Creativity in the Classroom Blog Post

When I was in the fifth grade, I kept a journal for class. My teacher would give us fifteen minutes to write whatever we wanted. I pretty much only wrote about baseball — and the Giants, in particular. For me, those fifteen minutes felt like…

Students Are Often Terrified About Launching Their Work. Here’s How We Can Fix It. Blog Post

Picture this. I’m standing up front at the front of the class, an awkward high school freshman new to Arizona. I’m shy. Painfully shy. I don’t know anyone in my class. Every part of me wants to crawl up into a ball and hide. The…

10 Things That Happen When Students Engage in Project-Based Learning Blog Post

We often hear about the need for students to learn how to program in order to be ready for STEM fields and the Information Economy. It’s what we’ve been hearing for over a decade. However, there’s a fascinating piece from the Washington Post that explores…

Here’s How to Empower Students While Also Hitting the Standards Blog Post

Student ownership sounds like a great idea but what about the standards? How do we teach all of the standards while also empowering students with voice and choice? How do we accomplish this when we have a curriculum map?   Rethinking the Curriculum Map It…

What Happens When Students Don’t Finish Projects? (Hint: It’s Not As Bad As It Seems) Blog Post

About a decade ago, I had a group of students who had a great concept. They would make a paper mural. It would be shaped like the U.S.-Mexico border and it would have a picture of the Statue of Liberty in the middle with a…

The Power of a Launch (Why Students Should Share Their Work) Blog Post

This article is part of a larger series on design thinking. Students begin with Look, Listen, and Learn, which is all about awareness and empathy. They move into Ask Tons of Questions, an inquiry phase. This leads to research in the Understanding  the Process or…

Helping Students Embrace Revision in Design Thinking Blog Post

This article is part of a longer series on design thinking, a flexible framework for empathy-driven creative work. Previous articles addressed awareness, inquiry, research, and prototyping. This article is about the Highlight and  Fix stage, where students revise their work.  The Critical Role of Revision I…

Research Is Critical for Student Design Projects Blog Post

This article is part of a longer series on design thinking, a flexible framework for empathy-driven creative work. You might want to check out other articles in the series first.  The Importance of Research in Design Thinking The LAUNCH process starts with awareness, where students…

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Empowering Students with Voice and Choice Subscribe to My Channel We want students to be creative, critical thinkers. We want them to rewrite the rules as life-long learners and critical thinking citizens. It's a mindset of self-direction and student ownership and it begins by empowering...