Everyone knows Wordle.net creates intriguing word clouds that are fun to look at. But did you know that Worlde (or its new counterpart, Tagxedo) can be a powerful teaching tool? Here’s an article I wrote for Middleweb.com about ways Wordle…
10 Fun Ways to Teach with Wordle and Tagxedo
New RR Course and FREE Starter Pack!
Hi everyone! I’ve recently updated my site and wanted to tell you about the Reading Response online course I created! It is an 8-module course that will take you through all the steps and possible springboard activities with my Reading…
You Don’t Have To Be Perfect: Practice Self-Compassion
While we all try to navigate the new educational landscape we find ourselves in, the most important thing to remember is perhaps the most obvious: It is not the old educational landscape. This may seem painfully apparent to you right…
Dinner with the Governor
In the spring, I received an invitation to attend the Pennsylvania State Dinner at Governor Wolf’s residence, celebrating recipients’ “contributions to the Commonwealth.” The invitation glowed with a gilded gubernatorial seal and in the bottom corner said, “Semi Formal.” I…
A Poem for the First Day of Class
I like to begin the year with Rumi’s poem “Elephant in the Dark.” Five men who have never seen an elephant go into a dark room where an elephant is standing. They each feel it, trying to guess what it…
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