I teach 5th and 6th grade STEM in the lovely Pacific Northwest in a small, rural town called Chimacum. My goal is to help students discover that all learning is life-long and that 21st century tools can be used for work as well as fun.
Jul 25
Added on July 28, 2020 – From the Washington Post, One teacher’s experience teaching a summer camp with kids who are required to be socially distant and wearing masks. This teacher confirms what I feared as I wrote my thoughts below, any kind of teamwork or small group work is most likely just not going …
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Jul 15
I started a short glossary of terms that will help our district and school re-opening planning teams communicate more easily. What am I missing? What would you add? Please leave a comment if you see something that needs to be added. (Updated on July 24, 2020.) Face-to-Face Learning What we consider the traditional teaching model …
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Jun 20
I take things personally. Logically, I know I shouldn’t. Logically, I know it’s not always about me, maybe the kid or the parent, or the person is just having a bad day and they are taking out their frustrations on whoever is right in front of them. Emotionally though, I feel what I feel. I’m …
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Jun 15
Week 13 (Last Week) – June 15 to June 19:School Closure PlanningWeek 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 11Week 12Week 13 Recap of Week 12 My top five 6th grade Science students, who completed the most assignments while at home, completed an average of 16 assignments of the 21 I had …
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Jun 15
1. Make Connections The BIG #1 thing to do with any face time we get is to hit the ground running on making relationships and strong connections! One way is to have regular, weekly or even twice weekly class meetings. We used to do that when we were a middle school and had a strong …
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Jun 12
I’m trying to think through some ideas from blog posts I’ve read and online courses I’ve been taking and conversations with people. I’ve got questions because I need to talk with others before I can fully figure things out. I’m a social learner after all. Not sure if this can work for grades 7-12, because …
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Jun 08
Week 12 – June 8 to June 12:School Closure PlanningWeek 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 11Week 12Week 13 Recap of Week 11: With two weeks left to go in our school year and having THREE FULL MONTHS of this year be forced at-home distance learning, I’m just trying to make …
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May 29
Week 11 – June 1 to June 5:School Closure PlanningWeek 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 11Week 12Week 13 Recap of Week 10 Am I getting used to so many kids not engaging? Nope, I’m not. Just this past Friday, as has been the case on Fridays, only seven students checked …
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May 26
Week 10 – May 25 to May 29:School Closure PlanningWeek 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 11Week 12Week 13 Recap of Week 9 If I thought week 8 was slow with fewer kids engaging, then week 9 saw little if any improvement. The only thing that was even remotely comforting was …
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May 18
Week 9 – May 18 to May 22:School Closure PlanningWeek 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 11Week 12Week 13 Recap of Week 8 Week 8 was just not great. Every day I checked and checked and checked and saw very few students tuning in much less turning in any work. As …
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I've presented at NCCE
2016, 2017, 2019, 2022,
2023 and 2024!
I presented at WSTA 2015!
