Student Behavior Doesn’t Need to Make You Crazy

I don’t know about you, but it is taking me longer to get my students’ behavior under control. Five years ago my class would be a well-oiled machine with minimal distractions by Thanksgiving. Now, it seems like we’re constantly moving at a turtle pace to reach the goal of appropriate classroom behavior. Thankfully there are …

Digital Citizenship: Easy to Use Curriculum by Common Sense Education

A few weeks ago I had the privilege to teach other educators about Common Sense Education’s Digital Citizenship Curriculum.  With the dramatic increase in time spent online and the need for providing Social Emotion Learning, these digital citizenship lessons are essential for students of all ages. Common Sense Education’s curriculum is available for students in K-12 …

Teaching Online: Easy to Use Digital Classroom Expectations

The use of technology has become more prevalent at home and school. It has become increasingly evident that boundaries need to be set for student expectations while online.  As educators, we can provide those boundaries/expectations during live (synchronous) instruction.  Just like we would teach our students about boundaries and expectations within a physical classroom, we …