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The Blogger Challenge

The Blogger Challenge concludes today. A challenge was issued and 18 daring educators answered the call. Some had never blogged […]

Chip Houston / October 23, 2015

10 Ways e-Portfolios Increase Learning In schools, the use of e-portfolios is increasing as a way to enable learning, as

Chip Houston / October 21, 2015

Thanks for the Feedback Our team has recently discovered this fabulous book, recommended by Meredith Monk from Folio Collaborative. The

Chip Houston / September 24, 2015

Implementing Instructional Rounds Recently, the idea was posed to us about how to implement instructional rounds. I’m so excited at the

Chip Houston / August 27, 2015

Teachers participated in a visible thinking routine called “Think, Pair, Share” today. They asked, “How are mistakes and failures embraced

Chip Houston / August 26, 2015

In our third year of practicing instructional rounds, I continue to learn and grow in my ability to deliver quality,

Chip Houston / August 11, 2015

4 Characteristics of a Quality ePortfolio 1) Easy to Use – We launched our first version of a student eportfolio

This Fall will be our Middle School team’s 3rd consecutive year utilizing instructional rounds as a key part of our

Caution: Some ideas, products, and posts in this blog may not yet be perfect or even finished. I use this

3 Tips for Educational Research of Best Practices Educators must strive to discover and utilize both “tried and true best