Today's tweet of the day is a very important reminder from @alicekeeler about the elements of productive student feedback: What do you do to ensure that the feedback loop and its content has value for your student?
Students, Educators, and Sleep (Part Two and Project Idea)
Last week I addressed for the first time at FaithEdTech questions about sleep and rest for students and educators (click here for the initial blog post). The second post was designed to study the impact of sleep deprivation on educators, including myself. However, though I will still address this in future post, I am compelled …
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Tweet of the Day — 1.6.2018
A few minutes ago I finished participating in this week's #LeadUpChat on Twitter. I have found these chats to be increasingly important for me in providing inspiration and new ideas for leading in the classroom. Today's topic dealt with goals for 2018. Goals can be a tricky thing. They can be incredibly energizing, especially when …
Lights Student Headed to Stanford
A few weeks ago we found out that one of my Lights Academy students, Yosheb, was accepted to Stanford as a freshman last year. I am very proud of him and his growth during his time in high school. I am excited to see what God has in store for him for the future. Here is …
A Favorite Student Project: Living Minimally
As many of you know, I lead a project-based, personalized learning academy called Lights Academy at Lutheran High School where I teach. My students, juniors and seniors, are asking very interesting questions and then pursuing answers to those questions. I am amazed by the work they do, the problems that they solve, and the questions …
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Tweet of the Day — 1.3.2018
Here is a Tweet of the Day for today: This tweet really caught my attention. This is a truth for me and I am sure most educators. Why is that? Is it fear? Are many fearful that this process will hurt them in some way? Has one been burned by this before? Is it a …
Students, Educators, and Sleep (Part One)
There are few sights more precious in this world than a newborn lost in slumber. So tender. So peaceful. So serene. Sometimes I hear people say, "I wish I could sleep like a baby." A comment such as this recognizing that something is not right with sleep in American, for sleep is not only a …
New Learning — 1.2.2018
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. …
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 …
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