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How to REALLY be Prepared for the 2020-2021 School Year
Challenge and Solution # 1 Challenge “I have been doing this for years / I’ve been training to teach a certain way. I can’t rely on that training/experience and have everything ready to go for online and in-person contexts.” Solution … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Teaching Memos
Tagged AMLE, AMLE20, course design, COVID, COVID-19, COVID19, Curricular Design, curriculum, Curriculum Design, Flexibility, learning, pedagogical approach, pedagogy, Personalization, personalized learning, philosophical shift, teacher, teachers, Teaching
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A Two-Track-Option Approach to Teaching and Learning
We can give students most comfortable with predictability and control over tight scheduling one track/option that suits their needs, and we can give students who prefer a flexible, thinking-skill-driven, personalized learning experience that choice as a second track. Continue reading
Posted in Education, Teaching Memos
Tagged choice and voice, critical thinking skill teaching, learning, mastery, mastery-based teaching, pedagogical practice, pedagogical strategies, pedagogy, personal learning, personalized learning, skill-based teaching, skill-mastery teaching, student centered teaching, student choice, student voice, student-centered teaching, Teaching, two-track teaching, voice
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Gamification as a Boat-Building Exercise
Unlike many teachers, I do not teach the same content every year. Sometimes, I wish I were planning a unit I’ve taught many times before – and I’ve lived that experience in the past – but most of the time … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Games and Gamification, Rough Ideas and Arguments, Teaching Memos
Tagged advice to new gamifiers, classroom game, classroom management, education, engagement, game, game my class, game-based learning, games, games in the classroom, games to learn, gamification, gamify, learning, presentations, student-centered classroom, twitter
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Classroom Code of Norms, for students and by students
Last year, my sixth-grade team of teachers worked together with students to guide students to create a class-wide set of norms for behavior. The process was energizing and gave the students a voice in their own expectations, so I decided … Continue reading
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