by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Classroom Management
When it comes to sharing effective classroom management strategy, there are lots of different ways of thinking. Most educators believe things should be done a certain way and many of these ways are vastly different. Many of these methods have also enjoyed years of... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Assessment
When it comes to classroom productivity, the ideal classroom is a happy one. It means students are creating solutions and projects that have meaning and purpose. They gladly take initiatives and assume responsible ownership of class time. Above all, it means students... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Essential Questions
Think for a moment about the “best” question someone has ever asked you. As soon as it was posed to you, what happened? It may have caused you to stop and ponder what was being asked. You may have been inspired to think about related events in the present and... ![The Best Google Classroom Cheatsheet for the Online Teacher [infographic]](https://d2wldp4wpenmih.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/brain-on-google.jpg)
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Technology
Those teachers out there familiar with Google Classroom will love this Google Classroom Cheatsheet from Educational Technology and Mobile Learning. It features 10 cool things that are a must for educators using Google Classroom to know how to do. Here’s a sneak... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Solution Fluency
A confident learner is a happy and productive one, and every teacher wants a class full of them. Building student confidence begins in any space where meaningful learning is encouraged and supported. It doesn’t take any fancy psychology or tricks; all it takes... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Global Digital Citizen
Our students love the planet deeply, and want to do good work to keep it alive and healthy. As far as modern learners are concerned, every day is Earth Day and this is such a great mindset for us all to have. Our global digital students have a broad respect and... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Student Engagement
Here’s an interesting question: how much of a difference does it make to learning when we choose to design classrooms effectively? What effect does it have on what gets accomplished in the space itself? A lot, as it turns out. The fact is classrooms with... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Critical Thinking
Life is very simple, Einstein said once, but the problem is that we insist on complicating it. The same can often be said about learning. However, learning doesn’t have to be complicated but it does have to be engaging. All you need to do is begin with creative... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Assessment
Letting students teach sounds scary to some teachers—very scary. In fact, when many teachers think about the concept, they assume many different things. They’ll say “many of my students don’t know the subject matter very well” or “they’re... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Collaboration Fluency
How do we achieve equal engagement within a collaborative classroom? The secret to success is tolerance, drawing on individual strengths, safety in community, properly working instruments (tools), and above all, passion. True engagement need not look the same for...