by Ari Yares | Oct 1, 2015 | 21st Century Learning
My daughters have discovered a new activity – using the microphone feature on Google to ask it questions. It started out innocently enough after they heard me ask Google what the weather was going to be the next day. Curiosity struck them and they wanted to find...
by Ari Yares | Oct 7, 2016 | 21st Century Learning
Imagine if you could encourage literacy simply by having a family visit the grocery store? That’s the idea behind a recent story covered by NPR. It shared the results of a small study about a placing signs in grocery stores to encourage conversations between...
by Ari Yares | Sep 10, 2015 | 21st Century Learning
Ever since I saw this image on Facebook, it’s been bothering me. On the surface, it’s a great teacher hack – get the phones out of the kids’ hands and take attendance. It’s a marvelous mix of classroom management and administration,...
by Ari Yares | Mar 30, 2016 | School Leadership
Let’s face it. Most organizations have limited funds available for professional development and growth. It doesn’t matter that the organization has the professional growth of the staff as one of its core values. It doesn’t matter that good...
by Ari Yares | Dec 31, 2012 | School Psychology
In moving to Long Island this past summer, traffic (and trying to avoid being stuck in it) became an integral part of my life. in Baltimore, I had been blessed with a commute that could be measured in feet, not miles, and walking to work was an option, that in...
