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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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 …
Faithfully Learning Posts
Over the past several months I have crafted several blog posts for Concordia Publishing House. These posts have similar themes to that of FaithEdTech in that the explore the intersection of faith, education, and technology, but they also serve to point to resources from the publishing house that can help support these three ideas. Here are …
Conference Instagram Images
I have really enjoyed spending the past three days in Kennewick, WA, where the Northwest District Professional Church Workers' Conference has taken place. Lots of meaningful conversations took place with wonderful servants of the Lord. I am thankful to have been asked to lead at this conference. In my final session today we talked about …
Northwest District Conference Resources
Today through Friday I have the privilege of gathering together with other Lutheran school educators at the 2017 Northwest District Educators Conference of the LCMS. I always appreciate the opportunity to gather together with other teachers, share with them, and learn from them. I am facilitating four different sessions over the next three days. The …
Valedictorians, Learning, and Achievement
I was intrigued by the following article that I cam across this weekend: Farewell, Valedictorian: High Schools Drop Tradition of Naming Top Student For me, this is a welcome trend since this is an award that, I believe, is less about learning and more about achievement. The valedictorian at a school could be a fearless …
When Students Ask Permission
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 …
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