Real or Fake #8 – 25000-ft free fall
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by Andrew
3y ago
So, I feel like we already covered this “jump out of plane… no ‘chute… land safely on something way, way, way softer than the ground” thing, but if you are remembering Real or Fake #3 like I am, you’ll quickly notice that this video has a distinctly different vibe. Which leads us to one of two conclusions: 1. This one is WAY realer than the other video… or 2. This one is just done a ton better. What are your thoughts ..read more
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Teaching HS Social Studies in 2020 – in his own words…
The Geometry Teacher by Mr. Shauver - Learner Educator
by Andrew
3y ago
Dan Wizner is a high school social studies teacher. Throughout 2020, his school has been remote sometimes and hybrid sometimes. So, Dan has had to get creative. And his students have had to make some adjustments, too. In this conversation, Dan describes his plan for making his class more flexible, the opportunities that having his students on Chromebooks so much have brought to the table, and how Fall 2021 might look different because of what he’s learned. Here Dan shares his story – in his own words. You can find the rest of our Digital Instruction Network conversations here ..read more
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Teaching 5th grade Math remotely – In her own words…
The Geometry Teacher by Mr. Shauver - Learner Educator
by Andrew
3y ago
Brittany Oleszczak teaches 5th grade and she’s been teaching remotely for almost a full year now. Despite the struggle, she’s found ways to make this work fairly well for her students and her students’ parents. She’s leaned on a couple of strategically chosen tech tools, patience persistence in leading her students toward high goals, and a steady diet of realistic optimism. Remember, a lot of things have been said about teaching in 2020 – but this is Brittany sharing her experience in her own words. If you are interested in hearing more of the conversations I’m having with teachers, you can f ..read more
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Teaching during Covid – In their Own Words
The Geometry Teacher by Mr. Shauver - Learner Educator
by Andrew
3y ago
I am the director of a regional educational support organization called REMC 13. It is a regional subgroup of the statewide REMC Association of Michigan. One of the projects we use to support our educators instructionally is called #517EdTech. Typically, we are able to support teachers and administrators because among the team, there’s a lot of experience in a variety of educational settings. But, when covid shut stuff down in March and we went remote, that wasn’t true anymore. No one (that I knew, at least) had any real experience with remote teaching – not like this. This isn’t online teachi ..read more
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Covid2020 has me rethinking homework…
The Geometry Teacher by Mr. Shauver - Learner Educator
by Andrew
4y ago
I last taught in the classroom in 2014. From about 2010, I had developed a rather strong series of opinions of homework. The condensed version of those opinions would have sounded like this… Homework exacerbates disparities in environmental effects of the student home life on student achievement Homework needs to be used for re-inforcement only, not for exploration. I can get a lot more out of my students in class as a learning community by using homework as a bargaining chip (and mostly being willing to eliminate it) Homework absolutely shouldn’t be graded in any way. You get the idea. The ..read more
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When you haven’t blogged in two years…
The Geometry Teacher by Mr. Shauver - Learner Educator
by Andrew
4y ago
… it’s an odd feeling to try to restart the conversation. But, this is Covid-time and everything feels odd. So, I thought I’d write a little bit. Here’s what I’m thinkin’… When you don’t know what’s coming (and we sort of don’t, but we sort of do…), you try to cover as many guesses as you can. Then you plan for each one of those guesses. Now, in my professional world, I’ve spent HOURS and HOURS collaborating with people to try to do this. For the sake of getting to the point, I’ll boil it down to this: In general, we need to prepare our students for two transitions. The transition back-and-fo ..read more
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