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Nothing Went as Planned, and Everything Will Be Okay: A(nother) 2020 Experience
All we can do is the best we can do, and it’s okay not to be okay. This week, as is the case so many places across the country, our school had a surprise shutdown on the occasion of a … Continue reading
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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Teaching Memo: How to Use Film [effectively] in the Classroom
In class this week, my students and I watched and discussed The Biggest Little Farm – an ingenious movie that I fully expected to be intensely boring but that I’ve now seen four times and absolutely adore. (Aside: When I first … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Philosophy, Political Considerations, Teaching Memos
Tagged biggestlittlefarm, effective teaching strategies, film, film in class, graphic organizers, learning, movie, movies, pedagogical practice, pedagogical strategies, pedagogy, scaffolding, Teaching, teaching strategies
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