Reflections on Teaching

Among the many adjustments that have been difficult going from teaching one class with one grade level, is writing appropriate objectives for each grade level. I had been doing something generic, but like many generic templates, I felt like I wasn’t saying anything of substance. Here is what a Sixth Grade standard used to look [...]

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Tom Woodward, at Bionic Teaching, who was one of my peers giving feedback that led to Before and After…, really went the extra mile, in Picking up Gauntlets is Heavy Work, where he basically went through the whole slidedeck for a preso, and offered some alternatives.  VERY impressive. So here is one section with changes [...]

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Here is my response to the feedback I received on “Four Slides on Stock vs. Authentic Images”:

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I want to thank the following commenters for their feedback:
Tom Woodward at Bionic Teaching for suggesting the cake scenario.
Mathew Needleman at Creating Lifelong Learners for suggesting keeping the rose photos, but chopping down the amount [...]

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Well, I’ve posted up on Picking Up The Gauntlet at dy/dan and gotten no response. Perhaps folks really don’t want to weed though a 45-60 minute preso to see if my slides and audio go well together, so in the interest of getting feed back, here is a shorter bit:
These slides all come from a [...]

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Since voting is over, I noticed that while some, like Mr. K, had a very different look this year, my look/feel was very similar to what I had last year. I even used the same basic color template (although I always tweak that).
1. I either have shown no growth in my design sense, or…
2. I [...]

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It’s that time of the year, Contest: My Annual Report II is back at Dan Meyer’s blog. I thought he might skip it in light of his recent wedded bliss, but he just used it as an opportunity to create an infographic on Mobile Calls to his now wife. The idea is comes from [...]

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I know, I know, this is VERY late. I got swamped, and I still am, with stuff to do from work. Here is my reflection on the last, and in many ways, the best day at ILC for me…
Chris Walsh
Started out with a very early morning with Chris Walsh. He discussed how things are changing. [...]

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Here is what I have planned, but it is subject to change due to cancellation, or a my whim:
8:45 PDT “Scratch” Your Students’ Programming Itch (Josh Burker)
10:30 PDT Wisdom of the Mob: How User-Contributed Material is Changing the Web (Arnie Abrams)
1:00 PDT New Strategies for Educational Assessment (Chris Dede)
4:00 PDT Web 2.0 Meets Grade 2.0: [...]

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