A Meaningful Mess Blog
It’s important to make sure that parents and families understand Genius Hour and why you are making it a priority in your classroom. They should be ...
 As I was driving in this morning, my GPS rerouted me because of some construction that was in the area. As it did, I had a thought. So often in th...
PBL, Project-Based Learning, has a big impact on learners.  Edutopia describes this way of learning as "a dynamic classroom approach in which students...
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Pivot! Pivot! Sound familiar? Remember the famous Friends episode when Ross was yelling for his friends to pivot when he was being ba ... |
Passion projects are such a great way to engage today’s learners and empower them to make connections to content, practice life-ready skills, and unde...
 I am so excited to have finally created The Meaningful Mess Design Framework that I've been working on for so long. I am passionate about helping
...When done well, Genius Hour is one of the most meaningful experiences that we can provide for our learners.  It’s personal, makes learning relevant, a...
 So often, those of us that share Genius Hour, talk about how amazing it is and what we did well. However, the reality is that most of us did a lot o...
When I reflect on my time in the classroom, I remember how many different labels each new class of learners brought to the table...gifted, dyslexic, A...
I have to admit that I'm a big fan of the word purpose. Purpose should drive everything that we do in the classroom and give both ourselves and our le...
So I have to admit...I definitely have #flipgridfever right now. I have been reading so much about how teachers are using it to creatively give oppor...
So, I have spent most of my week chatting with my students and my Voxer buddies about how to best find outside experts for our Genius Hour projects.  ...
