Latest articles by Adam Schoenbart
Teaches, Yoda Does: Appreciating Teachers in #StarWars
"The more I thought about Star Wars, the more I realized that it’s the mentors who define the saga more than the heroes."
Start and Stay Organized: 5 Tech Tips to Start the School Year
As more of our work evolves to digital formats, being efficient and staying organized is essential.
My Assignment Calendar: Why This Google Doc is a Must Have in Your #GSuite Classroom
How do you keep your assignments, lesson plans, and resources organized for you and your students?
Start and Stay Organized: 5 Tech Tips to Start the School Year
No matter your learning management system, or whether you are Google, Microsoft, or still using your flash drive, it’s important to have tricks to stay organized.
Smarter #GoogleForms: Why Google’s New Features Are Good for Educators
These are updates I want and have asked for; they will actually lead to more effective and powerful use of forms in my practice.
Students Reflect on a #GenreGenius #GeniusHour
At the end of the unit, my students complete a self-assessment and reflection. They answer a number of questions about their work and grade themselves.
How #NotatISTE Reminds Me What Learning Could Be
What if our schools were as exciting as #ISTE? What if our students learned in schools like I do even when #notatISTE?
Google Tools for Delaying Grades to Focus on Feedback
"The simple act of delaying the grade meant that students had to think about their writing."
Creating Visual Six Word Stories--Ending the School Year with My First Lesson Ever!
Tell your story. Who are you? How have you changed this year? Find your six words.
Should Teachers Pay Teachers? What’s the Cost of Collaboration?
I’m concerned and frustrated because too often, these paid resources promote mindless duplication of a stock resource that’s not easily adaptable in meaningful ways.
Peer Editing With Purpose: Single Point Rubrics Make Peer Feedback Exciting
One of my big teaching initiatives for 2017 has been to help students understand more about their learning and progress.
Have Fun and Save the Galaxy: 7 Lessons for Teachers From #GuardiansoftheGalaxy
Even when our reality is dark and dreary, or when our schools are overwhelmed by super-villain-like mandates, we can find an escape.
Proposing Genius: Pitching Our #GeniusHour #GenreGenius Projects
Our ideas have become real.
Google’s AutoDraw: Creation Made Easier
See the icons in the logo image above? The pants, leaf, megaphone, light bulb, apple, and stethoscope? I drew them with Google’s newAutoDrawtool.
Rethinking the Option of Failure After #LHRICTLI
How do we balance the world of grading and standards with a culture of risk taking, innovation, and intellectual failure?
Igniting Learning: Reflecting on the Ignite Format for Professional Learning and Students
The Ignite format is rigid in its structure but has so much potential in our schools.
Return on Investment: Inputs, Outputs, and Efficiency in Schools?
I love it when a well planned lesson helps my seventy students learn and grow; that is when I see a return on my investment in planning and instructional design.
#GenreGenius Blogs: Why Blog in #GeniusHour?
This week, we finally started developing our #GeniusHour plans in English 10.
Social Media & The Common Core: Address the Standards by Teaching with Social Media
How does this lesson or activity meet the standards?
