If reading is breathing in and writing is breathing out, I'd have blacked out somewhere around the middle of June. Every time I sat down to write, I got distracted by some new book, article, or project that made me hold my breath for just a little longer. I fell well short of my initial... Continue Reading →

(This is the first of my five part series on what's been the most thrilling, exhausting, and growth inducing year of my [admittedly short] career. Part micro-fiction, part reflection, and wholly navel gazing, this prologue will set the stage for the rest of my journey.) The fifth year is kind of a benchmark in the... Continue Reading →

Though my search for scholé will be an eternal one, I've managed to carve out a pretty nice slice of conversational paradise for my penultimate unit this year. For some context, here's an overview. Deconstructing Systems of Power: Social Commentary & Critique Over the course of the unit we've explored philosophical concepts like language, truth,... Continue Reading →

This post is a continuation of Culture, Cognition, & Narrative: Navigating Current Events in Class (Part 1). In this post, I'll explain how I created a context for students to apply their newly acquired knowledge of cognitive bias, cultural bias, and narrative, through a reflective Article of the Week sketchnote, and discuss their experiences through... Continue Reading →

Discussing current events in our current sociopolitical reality can be a prickly prospect. However, it's also never been more important. Regardless of what we believe, validation and affirmation are only a few finger taps or keystrokes away. The distance between us keeps growing farther and our echo chambers keep growing louder. The cultural, political, and... Continue Reading →

I made a life changing instructional discovery this year that I can't wait to share with you. It's not an app, platform, or piece of tech, but rather a suite of tools. They're easily available and relatively cheap. They can be used in a multitude of situations, contexts, and classrooms. They've been around for decades,... Continue Reading →

The democratization of information has done a lot of amazing things: allowed unfettered access to knowledge, empowered people to take control of their intellectual development, removed previous barriers to learning, and much more. I'm thankful for the interwebz, and, as my fiance would tell you, I spend plenty of time surfing its endless tide of... Continue Reading →

Welcome to my blog, fellow eduventurers! For the coming weeks, months, years, etc. I'll be using this as a space to wax philosophical about my experiences as an educator. The content of my posts will vary, but will be unified by the idea presented in my title: my search for scholé. Now, unless you're a fellow geek... Continue Reading →