My goal is to have students own their learning -- to explore and to take risks. In many ways, our education system as whole has not encouraged them to be courageous learners, replacing this curiosity with compliance. The other day a student reached out to me with a new plan for sharing their current project …
10.4.2017 Links List
Here is today's list of links which may be helpful to educators: 7 Ways to Become a More Connected Educator Today -- If you are reading this, you probably are already a connected educator, using technological and online resources to improve your partitioning of education in your classroom. I know I probably need to be …
What’s Your Acronym?
At our chapel service at Lutheran High School today, our leader, Mr. Nelson, shared an acronym to help us remember what we are all about as a school. This acronym is based on our nickname, LuHi. He had us say each word several times together as a community. Here is the acronym: Love Unconditionally Help …
My Education Quotes
A few days ago I posted about the fascinating education quotes from George Couros, the keynote speaker at the Indiana District Lutheran Teachers Conference where I shared sessions and attended. I have also building a storehouse of quotes for educators. These are not really as deep or profound as those I shared from Couros, but …
Allowing Others to Hone Our Thinking
I spent the past couple days at the Indiana District Lutheran Teachers Conference in Ft. Wayne, IN -- a gathering of Lutheran school teachers from across the state. It was an honor to have the opportunity to share educational thoughts and ideas with this group, in part because I spent 11 years in this district …
A Quotable Keynote Speech
Yesterday I had the pleasure to hear George Couros provide the keynote address at the Indiana District Lutheran Teachers Conference. I know it might sound odd to say that I am a fan of another educator, but that pretty sums up my feelings about Couros and the impact he has on my thinking and practice. …
Indiana District Conference Session Resources
I am pleased to be in Indiana today as we discuss personalized learning strategies across the grades in the morning and formative assessment strategies in the afternoon. Here are the session resources that connect with these two topics. Feel free to review these if these topics are of any interest to you as an educator. …
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Tweet of the Day — 8.13.2017
Here is today's Tweet of the Day: Questions for discussion: Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not? If you do agree with this statement, what practical steps can you take to make the transition from having students hand in work to publishing work?
FaithEdTech 8.13.2017 Links List
There are lots of interesting links for education to share this weekend. Hopefully each viewer will find something of interest and value in this list. Also, you may feel free to share links with me that you have found as well. Here is today's links list: How a School Ditched Awards Assemblies to Refocus on …
#Hashtags I Follow
I am sometimes asked how I keep up with all the tools and trends in education. Some want to know where I find all the links for the lists that I share as separate links lists posts on FaithEdTech. Here is the secret sauce -- using hashtags strategically. For those of you not familiar with hashtags, …
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