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How can we BEST recognize students?
Student recognition has been on my mind a lot lately. I’m certain I don’t have all of the answers. I’m certain I don’t even have MOST of the answers. What I am certain of is that certain things...
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What I Won’t LIKE Teaching Next Year-but MUST.
I love teaching. I love fresh school supplies-boxes of new crayons, freshly sharpened pencils, writer’s notebooks. I love the laptop cart-fully charged and ready to go. I love my kids-celebrating...
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To Flip or Not to Flip
A Flipped classroom is a bit like Opposite Day on steroids. In a traditional classroom, students spend most of their classroom time listening to the teacher lecture or explain, some of the time...
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Flipping Math On Its Head
This year I decided to turn my math instruction upside down by “flipping” my 5th grade class and it is by far the best thing I have ever done for students. Flipping refers to the relatively new...
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Does Thinking Hurt Their Heads?
I was recently introduced to Thinking at Every Desk by Dr. Derek Cabrera and Dr. Laura Colosi. When I say, recently…I mean REALLY recently. You know…as in the day before yesterday. The theory behind...
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A Fresh Week
I can still recall the excitement that I felt when my supervising teacher handed me the lesson plan book for the first time 20 years ago. The weeks that had passed were filled out with all of the crazy...
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Coming Soon to a Classroom Near You…
In the very near future students in my class will be allowed to bring their own technology to school. I am really looking forward to learning with them as we chart this new territory together. I have...
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Luck O’ the Irish
What a busy week this has been! We had our home inspection on Tuesday and it went very well. Just a couple of minor fixes are required. I enjoy getting to see the house, so I was happy to meet the...
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World’s Worst Blogger
So, let’s get the obvious out of the way first. I am the worst blogger ever. I have great intentions…but my follow-through is definitely lacking. However, I think I am going to give this another...
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Tweet-da-leet-a-leet, Tweet-da-leet-a-leet
I forgot to mention that I am officially a tweeter now. You know, on twitter. I am making wonderful connections with all kinds of “edtech” people and am honestly loving it. Now…I guess in all...
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