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10 Things To Do for 20-21

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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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Blended and Flipped the New Norm?

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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12th Week of School Closure

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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11th Week of School Closure

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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10th Week of School Closure

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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9th Week of School Closure

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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8th Week of School Closure

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Week 8 – May 11 to May 15:School Closure PlanningWeek 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 11Week 12Week 13 It’s pretty sad, having our elementary school playground closed. Going nine weeks (week eight + spring break) without kids. Recap of Week 7: Last week went pretty well. Here are some highlights: …

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7th Week of School Closure

Week 7 – May 4 to May 8:School Closure PlanningWeek 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 11Week 12Week 13 Recap of week 6: Happy Star Wars Day! During week 6 I devoted quite a bit of my time to contact families that I haven’t from in a while. I texted 17 …

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6th Week of School Closure

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Week 6 – April 27 to May 1:School Closure PlanningWeek 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 11Week 12Week 13 Week 5 Recap: Every week I hope to reach more kids than the previous week. Just like Week 4, between Zoom meetings, posting stuff for students, responding to student questions, checking student …

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Gamification Update

To make learning in school more playful and game-like, I’ve been working with Gamification for years. By gamifying my courses I continue to teach what I have always taught but more like a game than a school course. Running my class like a game makes it more exciting than just learning Science (or learning how …

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