"The Talent & the Agent: My Desired Class" (originally published at gettingsmart.com)The students and the teacher, the audience and the speaker, the players and the coach, the learners and the sage: I could go on forever with the many ascribed labels attached to...

“How to Showcase an Army of Talent Through Tech Projects”By John Hardison (Twitter @JohnHardison1)(Originally published at www.gettingsmart.com)Just last week I was fumbling through a cupboard spilling over with drinking glasses and java cups, and I found myself...

"The Pivotal Moment That Took My Literature Teaching Digital" by John Hardison (@JohnHardison1 & @Studio113_EHHS)This blog was originally published on Gettingsmart.com. I looked up from my grade book and stack of essays one day during my first year teaching to...

The other morning I walked into my son's room to wake him up, and I discovered a notebook full of detailed plans and drawings for a small, rudimentary chicken coop.  This was not my first time to find my son's ideas and plans for some creative project lying out...

My good friend and colleague Greg O'Dell recently tweeted an interesting question: “@ugaodawg: What is your personal definition of 'cognitive rigor' as it relates to instruction, learning, and/or assessment?”I definitely want to give the question more to time to...

“A Student in Flight” By John Hardison(follow me on Twitter @JohnHardison1)Opportunities to be a student are everywhere, every day. By accepting an impromptu flying invitation the other night, I was reminded of the state of education as seen through my students'...