Happy Thanksgiving everyone! As I ponder the meaning of this day many thoughts come to mind. One stream of thought relates to my role as an educator and education as a whole. There is so much for which to be thankful in this realm -- so many blessings from God. To that end, here is …
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Reestablishing FaithEdTech
If you follow this blog you will notice that I have not at all been prolific with my writing and reflecting the past few years. Some of this is due to the unique nature of the past few years in education and the incredible amount of energy that was expended in doing the best I …
Collaborative Presidents Project
As many of you know, I direct Lights Academy at Lutheran High School. At its heart, Lights Academy is an honors, project-based, personalized learning academy where students may pursue their interests and passions in a project-based format. Within Lights Academy we embed the standards for other classes within the project-based format. One of those courses …
Celebrate!
For several years folks in education (and other fields as well) have chosen a word, or even three words, to guide them for the coming year. I have often chosen three words to help me focus on the year ahead, thinking that a single word did not provide enough guidance for me. I debated as …
Flipped Approach and Online Learning
The restrictions placed on schools during the era of COVID have led all of us as educators to learn and adapt. Even though I came into our online learning setting with experience in distance teaching, I still had to adapt and adjust while working with high school students. Anecdotally, one approach to which I shifted …
What I Learned This Week With Online Teaching
Like many of you, this past week was my first week of moving to an all-online format for teaching. It was definitely a week of both blessings and challenges. As I follow education folks on Twitter, it does seem like those of us who teach in high schools have an advantage over elementary and middle …
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My Three Words Guiding 2020
Several years ago the #OneWord movement began in education. This is where educators select a word that will guide them in the coming year -- a focal point for their work in their next trip around the sun. Twitter is a common place for these words to be shared with other educators looking for support …
RMD Conference Picture Story
Yesterday I returned from our annual Rocky Mountain District educator's conference. While I was there I had the privilege of leading a session on Supporting Curious Learners. We looked at storytelling as one of those challenges that a curious learner of any age might embrace, and I challenged the participants to create a story of …
Session Resources: Rocky Mountain District Conference
Today I have the privilege of facilitating two sessions at the LCMS Rocky Mountain District's Fall Educators Conference. As is my custom, I am sharing the session resources that I have created to support the sessions on this blog. Click here to review the session resources on Supporting Curious Learners and Godly Device Management. As you …
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Teaching and Christian Community
Today was my 32nd Opening Day (yes, I like using baseball terminology!) as a teacher in Lutheran Schools. This led me to intentionally reflect on this blessing from God. Over the the past six months I have read a lot about Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and his own writing as well. This week I started his short work …
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