March 2015
39 posts published in March 2015.
- What I'm Using: PoetweetThis came out a little while ago, but I keep coming back to it as a wonderful source of inspiration. The poetry of twitter and algorithms is…What I’m Using
- What I'm Using: Google Sheets Badge | Learn, Earn and DisplayI’m kind of in love with the simplicity of this badging structure. They have laid out all of the tasks that you would need in order to achieve at…What I’m Using
- What I'm Learning: Poetry 180 – The Summer Day (Library of Congress)Sometimes, you simply need a poem to ask a really good question. This is a question I hope we never stop asking or answering. Tell me, what is it…What I’m LearningWhat I’m Using
- The next Five Theses of The Church of Learning Via Math with Bad DrawingsI keep coming back to this blog post and trying to come up with the next set of statements that allow us to move forward from the Church of the…
- What I'm Using: The Noun Project for MacI am absolutely in love with the ways in which we now have a visual communication system as a way of communicating intent and ideas. Whether that…What I’m Using
- This is the “like me” protocol that was described today.http://teach.oetc.org/node/1377
- What I'm Using: GitBook · Write & Publish BooksSo, I’m pretty sure this is the nerdiest way to write a book. Still, though, I’m in. A modern publishing toolchain. Simply taking you from ideas…What I’m Using
- What I'm Using: 5 sites for finding website backgroundsOccasionally, I need to find a new set of backgrounds or textures for a new website or project I am working on, and I always have to Google the…What I’m Using
- Our empathy for one another is at the heart of what we can do together.We are limited by our own capacity to understand the person sitting across from us, and it shows in the classrooms and schools t...
- Our empathy for one another is at the heart of what we can do together. We are limited by our own capacity to…Our empathy for one another is at the heart of what we can do together. We are limited by our own capacity to understand the person sitting across…
- #C4C15: Once a Bobcat, Always a Bobcat: Everybody Has a StoryWe can model our way to better schools: Our empathy for one another is at the heart of what we can do together. We are limited by our own capacity…#C4C15
- Alright, I have definitely been trying to figure this out for the last hour or so, and I would really like to move…Alright, I have definitely been trying to figure this out for the last hour or so, and I would really like to move on to a different problem. Any…
- #C4C15: 1:25 iPad Classroom – A Creative Model | DukelyerSometimes the right ratio of devices to kids is 1:25. And when done well, it can still be pretty transformational for the learning environment. I…#C4C15
- What I'm Using: A single URL to start a Google HangoutI’m really not sure how I missed this, but my goodness is this a time saver. I often need to grab a link to a google hangout. This is the easiest…What I’m Using
- #C4C15: Gaming with the Histocrats: Everything I Learned About History I Learned From Video Games…Student guest bloggers is a brilliant idea on a professional blog: I am very intrigued as to how the ways in which you “live history” in these…#C4C15
- #C4C15: The Paradox of Power: How empowering others increases a leader’s strength | The Underdog's AdvocateDecisions that are made as close to the classroom as possible are ones that are most aligned with creating great leadership within schools:…#C4C15
- #C4C15: learn.share.grow.: The Most Important LessonInquiring minds… They want to know… always: I don’t know that it can be said better than this: ” The only constant we have in our profession is a…#C4C15
- #C4C15: Gamify Your Class Level IV: The Item Shop | Teched Up TeacherWhen does gamifying your classroom lead to unintended outcomes: I can get behind a lot of the different types of items you have outlined here, and…#C4C15
- #C4C15: Digital Learning: Not Just For Kids – Joe MazzaI truly believe that podcasts can transform your practice. Weird, but true. I think you have hit upon something fundamental for the ways in which…#C4C15
- #C4C15: Working in Education through the Language Lens: I don't tolerate "tolerance"!Tolerance is not enough: When I was in high school, we had a “diversity day” every year. During this day, we had many different speakers come and…#C4C15
- #C4C15: The Growth Mindset & Professional Development: Six Tips for Instructional Leaders | Mattson's MusingsWe cannot simply expect finished products. We must honor and value the process of creating them too. Modeling within professional development what…#C4C15
- #C4C15: Challenging the Cold War Pedagogy of Common Core | Creative by NatureI love a good critique now and then, but I want to build something too. How can we make our schools what we want them to be? This is one of the…#C4C15
- What a wonderful trip.I know most people are not going to want to see all 106 “moments”, but the only way that I can share it with my family, is to make it public.…
- What a wonderful trip. I know most people are not going to want to see all 106 “moments”, but the only way that I…What a wonderful trip. I know most people are not going to want to see all 106 “moments”, but the only way that I can share it with my family, is…
- #C4C15: Teaching Coding without a Computer ~ Mrs.Wideen's BlogDebugging is about more than just programming and algorithms: I really love your approach to teaching kids algorithms and getting them to stick…#C4C15
- #C4C15: Shared Practice in Teaching and Teacher Education: Substitution is Not a Bad Thing: Thoughts on the SAMR ModelWhen is Substitution the right choice for teachers (in the SAMR model): I struggle with this idea and I go back and forth on the merits of…#C4C15
- #C4C15: The Ultimate in Differentiation: Genius Hour | Dare to CareSometimes Differentiation isn’t the right word for what is going on in an innovative classroom: Whenever I do a sessions on “Personalization”, I…#C4C15
- I really like the way in which you have woven in the connectedness of hashtags and online communities into the…I really like the way in which you have woven in the connectedness of hashtags and online communities into the connectedness of being a part of…
- #C4C15: Just One Principal's Thoughts: Shhh!!! Don't Tell Them That They Might Be Pirates #TLAPA wonderful story of leadership and advocating for teachers: This paragraph is an amazing example of how the classroom can change in subtle ways…#C4C15
- #C4C15: Coding Like a Girl — MediumBecause these comments were left on Medium (a platform that lets you comment by paragraph rather than whole post), the context for them may be a…#C4C15
- #C4C15: Beyond LiteracyLink: Celebrating the Story of WinterSometimes we can simply look outside our windows and be inspired to take part in a collaborative learning experience. I really like the way in…#C4C15
- #C4C15: Why I Tweet and (sometimes) Blog – Looking UpLooking UpWe don’t all blog and tweet for the same reason, and I think that is okay. I blog and tweet mostly for myself. I do these things to reflect upon…#C4C15
- Use a Single Click to Add Your Name, Email Address, and Twitter Handle to a Google SpreadsheetAlright, you can probably file this under “why on earth would I want to do that”, but I am super excited about this capability and here is why:…
- Normally, I wouldn’t post a Tweet within Google+, but I am kind of excited about what is possible here.With this tweet you can add your name and twitter handle to a google spreadsheet automatically...
- Normally, I wouldn’t post a Tweet within Google+, but I am kind of excited about what is possible here. With this…Normally, I wouldn’t post a Tweet within Google+, but I am kind of excited about what is possible here. With this tweet you can add your name and…
- #C4C15: BYOD, ASAP: A Global Survey – Electricity UsageAn wonderful global project in a High School science classroom: This is a wonderful project, and I am so glad that you have outlined just how it…#C4C15
- #C4C15: wwwatanabe: What does it mean to be literate in the 21st century?A great frame for thinking about 21st century literacies, those things that are truly different about the way we deal with information in our…#C4C15
- #C4C15: Surely You Can't Be Serious: Stories of #PARCC ImplementationMany stories of what is happening in PARCC states: The way in which you have aggregated all of these comments is really quite compelling as a way…#C4C15
- #C4C15: Box Breakout: Why I Do What I DoKeep doing great things. Keep telling kids that they matter and that they are smart enough. Keep giving them opportunities to show what they know…#C4C15