Office snapshot is goin to be a great place to collect inspiration for my classroom. I'm debating on a more modern look and less outdoorsy. I'm thinking maybe the metal shelving units they use at ikea an lowes

More monochrome with splashed of color. Just some ideas

Rice game online to help kids want to help other any playing learning games and donates grains of rice to poor kids

Check in with other schools for multiple copies

PD library section at each school

Corporate sponsors both big and small

Look for local businesses to invest in kids

Offer free advertising on website to sponsors

Advertise on website and have kids click on links each day

Calendar sale every year

Sell magazine fund raiser

Big yard sale end of year

Learn a thon for grades and improvemtn

Money goes to charity and class for good grades

Sell items on tpt

Have a donate button on website.

Buildyourbrain.org revenue

Donors choose and other crowd sourcing

Bowl a thon

Make websites for businesses

Stock market playing

Scholastic 10 ideas

3 plus 13 semi radical ideas.

Have kids invest in stock market with real money

Work or donations to charity

Online learning for all class work

Genius hour for reading and writing.

Create a brain pop like site together

Build websites or companies and nonprofits

Start a business selling something.

Kids teaching different parts of material

Political action and solution for local or global problem.

Big feild trip for service and learning

Raquetteball lake at beginning of year.

Have blogging be next PD tool

Pinterest as districts content sharing platform. 5seconds every pin. 8 minute for every 100 pins

ILP individual learning plan. Meet with every student as often as possible to discuss progress and goals. Maybe every other day. This way pushed kids beyond average and slower kids to success

Have as many adults from community in building teaching as possible. Cornell IC and greater ithaca community.

Have students from all local universities come to my room to act as tutors and try to for one extra hand in the room at all times to help. Have tasks and directions for them. Also involve parents of kids.

Implement fun theory and game theory into all classroom activities

First few weeks if school every kid needs to work on math facts and hv them mastered so they can then be able to perform all other math in the year. Make an incentive program with some reward. Monitor through xtramath and have multiple ways to learn facts. Send home articles and ideas to parents. Do speed tests and reward special ed kids for improvement.

When I think if how I learn it's usually to do don't king or for pure enjoyment. However when for enjoyment often times no accountability means no real progress. When I do a project around the house I search and collect ideas and how to on the net predominately blogs and YouTube. Then I also ask advice of those whom know more the me. I often like to have an accomplice to help here and there but not necessarily a partner.   Learning should often be the same afterwards I like to show my labors and rejoice in my project. A reason to learn then self directed could be very beneficial to students. But even with math I think videos are often better because I can rewind a video over and over and not feel dumb where i am afraid to ask the teacher because I a don't want to look dumb. B don't want to annoy and c don't get the chance.