What an inspirational piece. I love the story of the guests observing kids on their cell phones in the hall during class time. The principal responds by saying, "Let's see what's going on..."
The kids were setting up appt.s with the City Commissioner. Trust and Freedom with Responsibility in action.
Templates for Elementary Students looks interesting. Maybe for creating newspaper articles? Do they still do this in 4th grade current events?
I've seen several mentions of Spell Board. Has anyone purchased it? It's $4.99 and I can't tell if it might be too limiting. Having a hard time finding really good apps for teaching spelling.
Spellboard looks like it would be a good app for our kids! It does cost $4.99, but from the looks of it, there is lots you can do with word lists you provide for your kids.
Definitely worth listening to especially because creative problem solving means learning from not fearing failure... A good message for us as teachers well as for our students. We can't teach well unless we allow ourselves, our lessons and our attempts at new methods to possibly fail.