April 2013

Welcome to Teaching Tip Tuesday! Every week I share with you a tip that I hope you will find useful in your teaching. You can visit the Teaching Tips Archive to see all of the tips in the order I have posted them over the years. Please check that [Keep Reading]

I’ve been building a TARDIS in my basement. I started with a frame, added plastic sheeting for the walls, and then fashioned wooden trim to simulate the panelling effect of the time machine. The next step is the roof. I drilled a hole in the [Keep Reading]

Audacity is a free audio recording and mixing program. I use it to make all of my podcasts, radio shows, and mixtapes. It’s an easy to use program and I thought I’d been getting the most out of it. I was wrong. There are quite a few [Keep Reading]

Batman: Year One by Frank Miller, David Mazzucchelli, and Richmond Lewis This is a retelling of Batman’s origin story. It was originally published in 1986, shortly after Frank Miller told the final Batman story in The Dark Knight Returns. [Keep Reading]

I love skateboarding and I am passionate about teaching. As such, I found this video quite captivating. I really agree with what Dr. Tae has to say, especially . . . FAILURE IS NORMAL “In skateboarding, failure is normal. Failure is expected. [Keep Reading]

I’ve been building a TARDIS in my spare time. The first step was building the frame. Then I added some detail. I used corrugated plastic for the walls. It’s a lightweight material so the completed model will be somewhat portable. I [Keep Reading]

It’s time for a bonus edition of Chasing Content this month as we explore the archives from four years ago. Read all of the posts from April 2009 . . .  or just these fantastic ones. Novel Study Takes to the Track  I love how this book got [Keep Reading]

I love reading. I always have a book or two on the go. And I love sharing great titles here on the blog. That’s why I’ve decided to keep track of everything I read over the course of this year. I had a lot of fun with my reading log last [Keep Reading]

Welcome to Teaching Tip Tuesday! Every week I share with you a tip that I hope you will find useful in your teaching. You can visit the Teaching Tips Archive to see all of the tips in the order I have posted them over the years. Please check that [Keep Reading]

I’m building my own TARDIS, and it’s definitely a learning process. I started with the frame you see above. I then added corrugated plastic panels for the walls. I used this material because it is lightweight and I wanted to be able to [Keep Reading]