Education and teaching… Seven Steps To Create Productive Learning Walks 1 Oct 20227 Feb 2023 My perspective on teacher feedback "Mr. H.? I have a question." I still wonder how many times I hear my last initial in the middle of class. It is the…
Education and teaching… Why failure should be taught as a skill and celebrated in your classroom. 16 Nov 201815 Nov 2018 Failure. It is not a four letter word, but it might as well be one. We avoid it. We skirt around it, hedging our bets to soften a lack of…
Education and teaching… Stop! Collaborate, and Listen! The importance of reflection and feedback in developing student centered classrooms. 13 Nov 201813 Nov 2018 I'm aware, dated myself instantly. If you get the reference, we can kick it, for sure. As educators, I find that we take on so much, make so many decisions,…
Education and teaching… How is this mastery? 9 Nov 2018 I was having a discussion with a high school sophomore this week. She was talking about her latest summative science assessment. She had scored a 3.5 (don't get me started…
Education and teaching… Student Centered Personalization 1.0 – Initial Attempts, Musings, and What’s Missing? 6 Nov 20189 Nov 2018 The engineering process shows us that all ideas must be turned into a prototype. I mean, it is only a dumb idea if it does not work, right? Through any…
Education and teaching… Frustrated? Compassionately flip the script. 3 Nov 20189 Nov 2018 Frustrated. That is the only way to put it. Disgusted, cranky, and ready to throw my hands up, and this child out of my room. After redirecting this child for…
Proficiency based learning… The starting point of all achievement? Daring to begin. 1 Nov 20189 Nov 2018 Such an easy place, the start. It is a new beginning, a rebirth, a place to forge ahead into a new world. Or, in educational terms, it is the enviable…
Uncategorized “I Hate School?” 30 Oct 201830 Oct 2018 "I hate school!" How often have you heard these words uttered, mumbled, or outright yelled by a student? Early in my teaching career, (my "thinner skin years") a statement like…
Uncategorized As All Journeys Begin 29 Oct 20189 Nov 2018 The first step is never easy. Luckily, life is full of first steps. My first step into the classroom was 23 years ago. I had ideas, beliefs, a set in…
Mr. H's Not So Secret Classroom 