We're pretty stoked for this movie to come out on August 22nd. If you liked THE FAULT IN OUR STARS by John Green, you might enjoy IF I STAY by Gayle Forman. If you knew you might die...and you knew the choice to stay or go was up to you...what would you do? Do you stay? ... READ the POST
365 Days of I Love You
More than 15 years have passed since my wife and I embarked on this journey they call marriage. We've traveled the world (and hopefully we're not done), we've devoured the whole TV series of LOST in an addicted frenzy, we've brought 3 lovely daughters into the world, we've started businesses, gone ... READ the POST
7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Urgency Matrix
My summer reading list includes the classic book, 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE by Steven Covey. I've been listening to the audiobook while I work on other things, and it's been a great journey so far. I'm about halfway done. Here's a little gem I read today: And I think this is a good ... READ the POST
Our Kids Can Surprise Us
Transitioning from teacher to mother has been more difficult than I thought . . . I mean, I could patiently handle twenty 1st and 2nd grade students, how hard could it be to parent three kids? Right? But I currently feel like I'm in survival mode. I am overwhelmed by all the responsibilities that ... READ the POST
Free Poll Software
When we were at the Teachers Pay Teachers conference in Las Vegas as couple weeks ago, we saw this awesome new software demo'd in one of the seminars we attended. It's a free polling software at... The teacher registers ahead of time and creates a poll to be used during one of the classroom ... READ the POST
FitDesk FDX 2.0 Desk Exercise Bike
It almost seems like a universal truth of teaching ... teachers must do work at home to survive. Grading papers, answering emails, prepping for that super special knock-their-socks-off activity the next day. This means a whole lot of sitting down in the evenings, A LOT of sitting down. And after ... READ the POST
Teachers Pay Teachers 2014 Conference in Las Vegas
Last weekend, my wife and I trekked from sunny southern California across the desert to scorched-earth Las Vegas for the 1st-ever Teachers Pay Teachers Conference. Excitement buzzed in the car and in our voices. We stopped to see the World's Largest Thermometer and took some fun artistic photos out ... READ the POST
The Fault in Our Stars Teaching Unit by Created for Learning
Few 2013-2014 young adult novels have sparked the interest and minds of American teenagers more than John Green's THE FAULT IN OUR STARS. It's deeply moving, yet highly philosophical love story refuses to talk down to teenagers; rather, it develops a world in which teens are deep-thinking and ... READ the POST
