Best advisory ever: A How-To & How-Not

HowTo: Have a good advisory

Eat. Stop at the store. Pick up some donuts, mini-muffins, and assorted fruit. Advisory isn’t a fun place for students. Make it more inviting. Bribery through food is a good start. Apologize. Mainly apologize for using the “curriculum” you’re supposed to be using. Be honest. Tell them you were trying [...]

That clueless look

You know…the one you give students whether they’re right or wrong because you want them to think with their own brains, not with yours. As inspired by Dan Meyer, who has inspired a whole meme of clueless pics.

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Found on Flickr (by my students)

I have a Flickr account. I post most pictures I take to the account, and most are accessible to the public (Under a CC-BY-SA 2.0 license, no less). I’ve knew by doing this it was likely that my students would eventually find my photos (and I take that into account when posting).

Well…it’s happened. Actually, [...]