There’s a moment every year when I realize my students are living Mary Shelley’s story, but they can’t see it. They’re not grave robbers piecing together bodies in secret laboratories – they’re teenagers casually using AI to write their essays,
Day 3 of being snowed in, and I’m sitting here with my third cup of coffee, watching the plows fight a losing battle outside my window. The irony isn’t lost on me that I’m planning my Frankenstein intro – you
The most confident teachers I know aren’t the ones with perfect Pinterest boards or viral TikTok lessons. They’re the ones who know exactly who they are as teachers and what makes their classrooms work. You can feel it when you
Let’s be honest: When I first learned about jigsaw activities in grad school, I was skeptical. The theory sounded great – students becoming experts and teaching each other. But in my actual classroom? The reality looked more like: So why
If you’ve been teaching more than fifteen minutes, you’ve heard this advice about student engagement. And sure, connecting content to students’ experiences can be valuable. That’s why teachers everywhere are desperately: But here’s what I’ve noticed after 17 years in
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