Mr. B's Blog

Formerly, a 4th grade teacher with a goal of making learning engaging, relevant, and interactive for my students. Currently, I'm an ITRT (aka Instructional Technology Resource Teacher/Instructional Technology Coach), working with teachers to take their teaching to the next level.

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

When a Student's Parent Dies

This post was initially written in May/June 2017. I've sat on it since then to let the student appropriately grieve, but he's agreed...

Sunday, July 30, 2017

My Take on Flipped Classroom

"The flipped classroom is not about the videos! It is about how you re-envision class time." -Jon Bergmann I've done a...

Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Hot Off the Press: Student-Created Newsletters

"A magazine or a newspaper is a shop. Each is an experiment and represents a new focus, a new ratio between commerce and intellect....

Friday, June 23, 2017

10 Things I Learned By Working for VIPKID

"Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going." ‒Rita Mae Brown ...

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

One Four the Books

"Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted." -Vladimir Lenin* I'm a sucker...

Friday, June 16, 2017

Revisiting Reader's Cafe

“Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably." -C.S. Lewis Two years ago, my class hosted a Reader's Cafe. Yo...

Friday, June 9, 2017

Creating Their Own Adventures

"I'm still a kid inside, and adventure is adventure wherever you find it." -Jim Dale A personal favorite activity this y...

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