teaching
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Keeping Organized
I have been struggling with the ADHD spiral for the past few weeks. I spent most of the day in a great mood but for some reason, whenever I get to my fourth block of classes, I feel like a total mess. I am not quite sure why I have this feeling. Actually, that’s a Continue reading
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Academic Conversations
Today was one of those days that started great, had a few bumps in the middle, and ended with a surprise that reminds me of why I teach. I need to keep track of what went right so that I can continue using it in the future. We are opening a new unit that involves Continue reading
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First tests are in. . .
It’s difficult to decide whether student performance is a reflection of their study habits or your teaching. Sometimes, it’s both. I am really struggling this year to figure out which of the two it may be. For some students, I can tell that I must do a better job of teaching students not only what Continue reading
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Reasons vs. Excuses
One of the most important things I have learned over the course of this year is the concept of the fundamental attribution error. If you are unfamiliar with this concept, here is a quick primer: The fundamental attribution error is when your biased against the actions of someone else; but when you perform the same Continue reading
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Equity Maps
In January, Jennifer Gonzales of Cult of Pedagogy posted a blog on education tech tools to try in 2019. At the top of her list was an app that caught my attention immediately called Equity Maps. After a few purchasing problems at the district level, I was able to get into the app just in Continue reading
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Expectations and Anchoring
In Dr. Steven Novella’s book The Skeptics’ Guide To The Universe, he cites an idea called anchoring. Basically, the premise is this: The number you start with is your anchor number. Any number on either extreme of that number will cause you to react. For example, if I said that I just gave out 100 dollars Continue reading
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Can we talk about holidays? Again
Every year, starting around Halloween it never fails that some teachers get their long underwear in a bunch over not being able to celebrate their holidays like the “good ole’ days.” Ladies and gents, I have seen every flipping argument in the book. From it’s my culture to it’s a free country, it never fails that Continue reading
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Weekly Wrap Up: Word of the Week
This week felt extremely long for some reason. I think what made it longer than it should have been was the fact that we just came off MEA break, where I only worked three days. Anytime you are coming from a vacation, time seems to need time to get back into order. I also learned Continue reading
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Weekly Wrap-up
This week was unusually long for some reason. There were a lot of meetings and stressors that seemed to build on top of one another. Yet, at the end of it all, I feel like a lot was accomplished both at work and in myself. In the classroom, I finally had the chance to develop some Continue reading
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Epiphany: Co-teaching is NOT a Panacea
Arguing in my head has led to a lot of Aha moments in my life, but I just had one that takes the cake. Often I have seen it argued that we are assuming that our students are dumb because they cannot complete the work because of their language level. However, it’s not that the Continue reading
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