Teachers' Cup of Coffee

The art of questioning, dive #2

Let's take a look at a recent article which provides many cool ideas for increasing high order thinking in the classroom.  

A collaboration challenge

Let's keep it simple.  A 5-minute collaboration challenge.  Are you up to improving your practice this week?

Through our students' eyes, student interview #1

Sometimes we can learn the most from our students!  This week we interview a 4th grade student in an urban school to hear why she loves her teacher so much.  

Creating a startup culture in the classroom

Millennial workers are pouring their blood, sweat, and tears into working for startup companies.  What can we learn from the culture of these companies to improve how we run our classrooms?  This week we discuss an Edutopia blog with many great ideas!

The art of questioning, dive #1

What types of questions do you ask in the classroom?  And how do these questions either lead to high level learning or deter it?  Starting with the story of Aiden in 7th grade science, we take our first dive into teacher questioning and what it means to learning.  

How do YOU define your job?

Education has taken a beating lately in the public realm.  And it is really unfair to say the least.  But perception starts with us...what can we do to restore pride in our noble profession?

A lot of layups!

Sometimes, the best thing we can do is throw away our plans and just let students practice!

Learning from young Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs used to be sent home from elementary school for poor behavior.  What can we as educators learn from his experience?

Start with Why!

In the first episode of the Teachers Cup of Coffee, we explore how a famous TED Talk on business leadership can help us inspire students to connect to learning in the classroom.  Running just over 5 minutes, this episode will inspire you to bring purpose to learning for students!