by windhorse | Sep 14, 2019 | Ed Blogs
Just wanted to give a big lovin’ shout out to Pear Deck’s student paced mode! I’m finding it a super efficient pre/post/mid classroom function! Last week for the first time I made what was normally a book section review a Pear Deck assignment. I had...
by windhorse | Sep 15, 2018 | 2018 School Year, Ed Blogs
I’ve seen a vast wide range in norming student computer etiquette in classrooms. From being laissez-faire and figuring, “well the school of hard knocks will eventually teach ’em if they are fooling around on their computers”, and looking the...
by windhorse | Sep 15, 2018 | 2018 School Year, Ed Blogs
If you break down the teaching of Science into its most basic form, all the way to binary, I figure it’s “Thinking” & “Explaining”. “Thinking” is usually taught through experimentation and manipulation. So, everybody...
by windhorse | May 27, 2018 | Ed Blogs, Uncategorized
Flipgrid on Tresillo Rhythm
by windhorse | Feb 10, 2018 | Ed Blogs
Much of conceptual reasoning in the science classroom is best understood through starting with misconceptions, realizing the underlying causes, then reinforcing those causes with other similar concepts. Having taught my 6th graders movement physics earlier this year,...
by windhorse | Feb 2, 2018 | Ed Blogs
Louisville Middle School Choir We’ve got a choir teacher at our school who has a special way of getting his kids to perform. We’re in a middle school of 6th-8th grades. After he gets a group of kids for three years, his concert choir can sing as well as the Mormon...
