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Flipping Math Workshop
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The Best Student
A conversation with a fellow teacher reminded me of a letter I wrote to one of my students a few years ago. It appears we had shared similar experiences of ego-centric students asking us if they were our favorite. That … Continue reading
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Equalizing Cultural Capital
There are some truths I question. One came up recently when a colleague told me, “You cannot raise the cultural capital of one group by reducing it from another.” In a broader context, you can’t rob Peter to pay Paul … Continue reading
Discipline: Something We DO…or TEACH
The first interviews I had for teaching jobs are fun to recall. I often think that probably 90% of the rhetoric I spewed was 100% theoretic, book smarts. Less was based on my experience, than on my understanding of a … Continue reading
The Language We Choose
“If we hope to stem the mass destruction that inevitably attends our economic system, fundamental historical, social, economic, and technological forces need to be pondered, understood, and redirected. Behavior won’t change much without a fundamental change in consciousness. The question … Continue reading
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Summer Online Academy
I’m not a real big video game fan, but I’m very interested in how to gamify a classroom, with or without technology, so that the same elements that engage learners so naturally on video games might apply to social learning. … Continue reading
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Tech Has Its Place
There is so much banter about educational technology. Teachers are pressured to use technology even through our evaluation systems, while plenty of educators (and the public) don’t completely understand how easily pedagogical tech and novelty tech can be confused. For … Continue reading
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You’re Not The Only One
She called me an idealist like it was an insult. We were co-workers in an office world of cubicles that she may have been in too long. I’m not sure. The rest of the conversation stung more, degrading comments like, … Continue reading
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Unfunded Mandate
Here’s a quick update on the CCSS in Michigan. In June 2010, Michigan adopted the Common Core Standards, replacing the Grade Level Content Expectations (GLCEs). Shortly after, Michigan became one of the lead states in the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, … Continue reading
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Design Thinking from a 1st Grader
Earlier this week I was invited to visit the Henry Ford Academy Elementary School in Detroit. This site visit appealed to me because they are one of the few elementary schools that fosters Design Thinking. Design Thinking is different from … Continue reading
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