Instructional Innovation Coach @rosetreemedia. Schoology Ambassador. True passion = intersection of curriculum and technology. *views=mine*
Pennsylvania, USA
Joined December 2011
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First attempt at #DisruptTexts for the Hero's Journey! Ss used EQs to study THEIR choice of texts & created podcasts. Check out the podcasts (Emerging Ideas in English 9) on @Apple Podcasts, @Spotify, @Google Podcasts, among others! Listen! #GVFeeling #GVBlended
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Fun start for our new computer science course! Students are using the engineering design process to build a structure out of newspaper and masking tape. We had a competition to see which structure could support the most books!
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Great to start the week with an Advisory team building activity. Pumpkin-decorating is in full force!
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Remote learning during a health crisis is NOT new. Check out this interesting article about radio instruction during the polio epidemic:
theconversation.com/remote-l…
Public school educators shouldn't have to advocate for safe working conditions, or vaccines. This shouldn't be our reality. It angers me to my core. In solidarity with my former @PFTLocal3 colleagues, #OnlyWhenItsSafe #plannotfan
❤️Solidarity forever. A beautiful day, #phled.❤️
📝A message from @jerrytjordan ➡️
#OnlyWhenItsSafe #plannotfan
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Education can’t go back to business as usual. We can’t go back to March 2020.
We have to BUILD BACK WISER!
#ImpactTeams #BelongingThruDignity #Ground2Connect @TheSocialCore @MimiToddPress – at Palm Springs, CA
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👋 Hey, Ts! Share your favorite way to promote engagement with your Ss – or something new you're trying this semester!
(Inspiration via educator @MissStephan)
#InstantPD #StudentVoice #DistanceLearning
ALT Shout out a way you love to engage your students!
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Gather more evidence of learning than you need. Don’t grade it all. Save some for backups, as needed.
We make missing assignments a bigger deal than they should be.
They indicate a barrier, either behavioral or circumstances.
They don’t indicate any level of learning.
Secondary teachers - talk to me - how have you been engaging students? Share your creative ideas here! #elachat #mathchat #sschat #EdLeader #schoologyAMB
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Thank you @MisterMinor, and all others, for once again showing the world that our schools are filled with superheroes. Ts, be kind to yourselves right now. Sleep. Eat. Exercise. GET OFF THOSE SCREENS!
Educator friends, I love you. ♥️
This morning I had an opportunity to talk about some of our work with the team at @TODAYshow.
Here's the link if you missed it. 🙂
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Reminder that students and teachers continue to live through a dystopian novel. Maybe we should chill with the standardized testing and evaluations?
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If Ss are showing signs of success with reduced content and a slower pace...
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Heard someone today say, “The kids are going to be so behind when they get back.”
But, we recognize that the only thing they’re behind is our own perception of where they should be, right?
The content we assign to grade levels isn’t inherent to age. We did that. We can undo it.
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They will need to find teachers that ONLY have to do virtual teaching. We cannot continue to ask teachers to teach both virtually and face to face. Either dedicate part of your staff to virtual learning or find another way to serve those students. This is not sustainable. – at McKinney, TX
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Lesson idea: have students select a meaningful photograph, meme, tweet, or IG posting and write next to it. Why do they deem their selection "meaningful"? Why is this selection worth talking about?
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Hey #teachers! Do you use a great #remotelearning or #hybridlearning strategy with your students? We'd love to share it with educators around the country! Share your idea with TLA by Feb. 1 and you could win an Amazon gift card. For more info: bit.ly/3pZR8Lm
