by upnorthlearning | Jan 2, 2018 | Keeping it real, Podcasts, Teaching, Teaching Strategies
The days are short and cold where I live for the next couple of months. Most days, I drive to work in the dark and drive home in the dark. I know it’s the same for people across the northern hemisphere but still, it can feel isolating. That’s why I get so excited...
by upnorthlearning | Aug 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
Last year I finished my 25th year as a teacher — all 25 in the same high school. It feels like a landmark and brings with it no small amount of reflection over what I have learned as a career educator. In my early years of teaching, I was not very savvy about the...
by upnorthlearning | Jan 28, 2017 | Teaching, Teaching Strategies, Team-Based learning
It’s the time of year when discussion about how to effectively teach students to be successful on multiple-choice tests has increased. Let’s be clear: Like just about every teacher out there, I hate test prep. I want every day in my classes to be about...
by upnorthlearning | Jan 16, 2017 | Literacy, Teaching, Writing
In the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working on six different writing projects in my professional life — two blog posts, two chapter proposals with a colleague, and two proposals for presentations for the 2017 NCTE Annual Convention with different collaborators. The...
by upnorthlearning | Oct 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
My Chippewa River Writing Project colleague, Sharon Murchie, and I are presenting this weekend in the 4T Virtual Conference on Digital Writing (#4TDW). We wrote this piece together as a preview of our session and a brief explanation of our journey toward more...
