Teaching High School Students Responsible Risk-Taking: Fostering Innovation and Personal Growth

by D. Weeks
February 15, 2026March 1, 2026

As high school students navigate the complexities of adolescence, they are faced with numerous challenges that assess their resilience, creativity, and decision-making skills. One critical aspect of their personal and professional development is learning to take calculated risks and innovate in a responsible manner. In this article, we will explore what responsible risk-taking means, its significance for personal growth, and the benefits it brings.

Teaching Student to Take Notes in Meetings

by D. Weeks
January 26, 2026March 1, 2026

Written Article: As teachers, we teach students to take notes for classroom information, group work and assessments and this works well for academic work. However… Read More »Teaching Student to Take Notes in Meetings

Building Handouts for Digital and Print Use

by D. Weeks
November 9, 2025November 9, 2025

In this article we will talk about some methods for building handouts and worksheets for both digital and print usage by students.

Standard Operating Procedures to Help Give Student Independence in the Classroom

by D. Weeks
September 29, 2025September 29, 2025

Most classroom that I have been in have various ways of doing tasks or ways that they run whether it is elementary, middle, high school… Read More »Standard Operating Procedures to Help Give Student Independence in the Classroom

Excalidraw: A great tool for charts and diagrams

by D. Weeks
July 15, 2025July 15, 2025

Excalidraw is an excellent light-weight drawing and diagramming tool for adding visual information and context to assignments.

Building Custom Assignment Templates

by D. Weeks
May 25, 2025May 25, 2025

In education we work with lots and lots of files for class assignments, administrative work and other types of paperwork. One of the ways that… Read More »Building Custom Assignment Templates

Lesson Planning: One Key to Success

by D. Weeks
February 15, 2025February 15, 2025

Consistent and quality lesson planning is one of the professional responsibilities that will help you to succeed as teacher in the modern educational environment.

Writing Better Prompts for AI in Education

by D. Weeks
February 2, 2025February 2, 2025

Many in the educational community have a great deal of fear and concern regarding how ChatGPT and AI in general are used in the classroom by students. I believe that one of the ways that this fear and concern can be alleviated is to start to learn and use ChatGPT for educational tasks and build comfort with this new and growing technology.

Three Components of Digital Feedback

by D. Weeks
December 28, 2024December 28, 2024

It used to be commonplace for teachers to give written feedback to students on the paper assignments that they turned in. However, as districts moved to digital grade books and student information systems, much of this feedback faded away. While much of this feedback is given to students in other forms, there are common practices among feedback practices. Feedback to students is a critical part of the learning process, as it closes the information processing loop, and it allows students to learn from the mistakes and problems that they make during learning the learning process. Solid and effective feedback must have three major components for it to be useful and effective for students: specific, articulable, and actionable. These three components make feedback given to students on daily assignments and assessments useful to allow them to take corrective action in the learning process.

3 Principals Innovative Teachers Should Practice

by D. Weeks
September 2, 2024September 2, 2024

Three driving principals that can help teachers to become more creative and build back their passion for the classroom.