by Colby Smart | Content Area
A few years ago, the idea of 3D printing was science fiction to most. To a degree it still is for many. When I began learning about these tools I was fascinated with the novelty but did not at that point realize the full impact 3D printers could have on learning let...
by Gillian Wadsworth, LCSW | Content Area
For the most part, we don’t live in emotional consumption. We have tools to regulate it and we’re grateful when it’s over. For youth chronically exposed to toxic stress or trauma who do not have balancing factors of resilience, emotional consumption is exactly where...
by Colby Smart | Content Area
I recently reviewed an article published by Edutopia. The point of the article was to breakdown components of a modern classroom designed for today’s students. Here is an excerpt: “Problem-based learning, makerspaces, flipped learning, student blogging...
by Cherie Paul | Content Area, Technology 101
I am a 5th grade teacher with 28 years experience working with students. I enjoy the challenge of creating meaningful, thought provoking lessons that engage my students. I believe students need to be prepared for the technological world they will be encountering as...
by Sandra Gonnerman | Content Area
April is National Poetry Month (click on this link!) and there are endless resources through your HERC! And check out this website! There are great ideas for classrooms, libraries, and anywhere! Teachingbooks.net provides a link straight to POETRY with great...
by August Deshais | Content Area, Science
Here’s a story- One hundred years ago Albert Einstein (whose birthday was last week!) predicted the existence of gravitational waves. The idea is that gravity is not laid out upon the universe like a uniform, unwrinkled blanket, rather it is subject to...
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