Friday I had the opportunity to bring one of my passions into the school community. My school has a wellness center, called the ‘Panther Pause’, which offers monthly themes, April’s theme is ‘Crafts’ so I volunteered to come in and…
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How Can We See Superman Fly… 2019 Edition
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This year I was invited to a different elementary school’s STEAM Day. I unfortunately had a conflict with the date of the elementary school I’ve visited for three previous years (link to last year’s post). This year I made a…
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Ever Hear of the ‘Adjacent Possible’ Theory…
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At first, I didn’t either. Jake Miller‘s EduDuctTape Podcast introduced me to the concept, you can listen to a recent episode where he discussed the theory (starting at time marker 00:08:08): (referenced podcast episodes mentioned in Jake’s “soapbox” Google Teacher Tribe…
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I Wrote a Guest Post on The TeacherCast Blog…
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I’ve written about Edji before in a few posts on this blog and for full transparency, I’m an Edji Visionary. I was asked by Edji to write a follow-up post for the TeacherCast blog after a recent episode of the TeacherCast Podcast…
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I Was a Guest on a Podcast…
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I was invited by Eric Guise co-host (with Nick Johnson) of the GotTechED Podcast to be a guest on episode 28 released on March 11th, 2019. Give it a listen: Checkout the show-notes by visiting the page for this episode on the GotTechED…
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Ever Heard of an Unhangout…
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If you are familiar with Skype, Facetime, and/or Google Hangouts then you also need to become familiar with MIT Media Lab’s Unhangout. You can read more about it on their site. This is one of those gems you hear about…
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2019 Professional Development Day!
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If you have been following along with this blog, you know my role in my school district as a Teacher Resource Specialist for Technology sees me delivering PD in various ways (department(s), school(s), district, etc.). February 15, 2019… This year’s…
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Math Needs to be a Talkative Experience, Technology Helps Facilitate…
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Math is not how I remember it from my childhood; the ‘drill and kill’ memorization of facts. In my middle school, we are starting to implement the Math Workshop Model a method of teaching math with components consisting of (but…
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What Can Be Gained By Asking a Question…
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Let me tell you about Kelly’s class one day One of my 6th Grade Science Teachers, Kelly Lee, was facilitating a lesson on physical and chemical changes. The question arose — is boiling an egg a physical or chemical change —…
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Flipping the Learning by Starting with a Question… and a Bonus!
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My instructional practice question for you is this, why spend class time teaching the features of a product rather than your content or providing time for researching? The scenario One of my teachers would like to have her students create…
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“Sheets is the answer!” And I Have a Template for You…
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As Alice Keeler says, “Google Sheets is always the answer!” So when one of my teachers came to me looking for an answer, I went with a Sheet. The scenario The teacher would like to have her students self reflect on…
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Building Relationships and Having Conversations…
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When coaches catch-up… One of my former math teachers, Linda, is now a math coach for our middle schools. Her time is split between my building and our other middle school. I like to check in with her for three…
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Utilizing Technology to Scaffold Global Issues Problem Solving…
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I share a space with my building’s Gifted and Talented Teacher Resource Specialist, Rebecca McLelland-Crawley. This enables us to have some great coaching conversations as well as moments where we can integrate technology into the PRISM (Performance Revealing Individual Student…
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Keep Calm and Use Google Forms…
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Scheduling 1600+ students? No problem! Allowing students to choose their schedule? We got this! Making sure grade levels don’t go rogue and sign up in another level? Don’t see an issue with that! Limiting sections within the schedule to ~30…
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My November Share…
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Each month I offer PD periods where I try and share an overarching topic with pathways that the attendees can select from and explore. I’ve posted about others in the past, most recently, Making Content Interactive; this month’s topic was…
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A Coaching Moment & How Edji Helped…
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***Update*** I was selected to be an Edji Visionary! An authentic coaching moment. In my school, language arts is called IRLA (integrated reading and language arts). One of my 7th grade IRLA teachers was preparing for an observation by having…
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Why I Love My Job…
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I love when my inbox ‘dings’ with an email asking for collaboration! This is what I received when one of my Science Teachers, Rebecca, shared her Google Forms Quiz with me as a collaborator… “Dan, I was wondering if you…
