In this new year I will continue to share new learning of mine. It isn't that the new learning is always important for my readers, although I hope that some of it proves to be helpful to others. This is simply a tool to model for my students what I want for all of them. …
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Tweet of the Day — 1.1.2018
Happy New Year to all readers of FaithEdTech! May we all celebrate God's gifts of learning, service, and salvation in 2018! Here is a tweet of the day to start the year. I have held on to it for a couple days, pondering its application to the education process. I think it speaks to the …
Words for 2018
You may have noticed on Twitter and elsewhere that folks have started selecting a single word on which to reflect and work in the coming year. Seen as an alternative to traditional start-of-the-year resolutions (which typically are broken quickly), people have taken to Twitter to share their word using the #oneword2018 or #oneword hashtags. Typically …
Twitter Chats — #LeadUpChat #HackLearning #LuthEd
I have participated in Twitter chats for several years now. However I have not been as faithful in joining these education chats as of late. This weekend was different. As I sat in front of my computer both yesterday morning and today I noticed that several educators I follow were engaged in chats to start …
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FaithEdTech 12.17.2017 Links List
Here are some helpful links that I found this weekend: 5 Good Alternatives to Google Image Search -- Educators and students are always looking for good sources for royalty free images or those with the appropriate Creative Commons status. These links are helpful for anyone wanting to remain in good copyright compliance. 6 Strategies for …
New Learning — Isaiah 24-25
One thing I want to consistently model for my students is that learning is not something that should only happen during a season of life (school) but is something that should be a life pattern. After all, given the dizzying pace of change all around us, students will need to be self-starting learners in order …
Taking Care of Yourself — The Faith Connection
As many of you know, I really appreciate the work and writing of George Couros. He is both inspiring and challenging in his posts -- posts which I very much appreciate. Yesterday Couros shared the graphic on the left as well as this post that outlined the importance for teachers to take a true break …
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Links List — 12.11.2017
I have not put a links list together for quite some time to share the items I have found. Perhaps you will find some links that are of interest to you from this list: Ten Creative Alternatives to Showing Movies Before Break -- Many educators are worn down by the middle of December and look …
Tweet of the Day — 11.6.2017
I really appreciate so much of what David Geurin (@DavidGeurin) posts on education. Here is an important tweet on how to create engagement in a classroom. For myself, these steps took years of intentional practice but I believe these now, after 30 years of teaching, come pretty natural to me. Still, these are a great …
Fantasy Politics
Perhaps you have heard of fantasy baseball or fantasy football, where the real life stats of players on your "team" are compiled to help a team to victory. Well, welcome to fantasy politics. This is an activity I am currently using with my Lights Academy seniors. They have really embraced learning about different servants in …
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