Why Students Learn Better When They Teach (+ 4 Activities)
When You Teach Something You Get To Learn It Twice - Jim Kwik Cameron, a former student of mine, who is now in college, commented on my recent post about efficient and effective learning titled Too...
View Article7 Ways to Make Learning Impossible in Your Classroom
We talk a lot about how to increase student achievement and improve learning in our classrooms. A lot of these conversations are centered around what needs to be added or changed in a classroom, NOT...
View ArticleSuccess Is Not About What You Know
Success is less about what you know now and more about how quickly and effectively you can learn and use new information. This is the most important thing I learned in my 15 years or teaching and...
View ArticleVirtual Reality Learning
The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless. - Jean Jacques Rousseau We say "a picture is worth a thousand words" and then ask our students to imagine things they cannot...
View ArticleThe (Not) Problem of Repetitive Play
In my work, as in the work of many people, I imagine, there are themes that come up again and again. Sometimes I get asked a question and I can point to a blog post I wrote or an article I read months...
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