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Tina Bobrowski posted
As our education model is molded and shaped constantly, one thing remains a constant; the need for students to utilize their creative problem solving skills. Skills that they can use to solve many problems throughout their schooling utilizing their skills of collaboration, teamwork, time management, and thinking outside the box. Mankind creates…Read More
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Michelle Martin posted
In the world language classroom, exposing students to other cultures and perspectives first-hand is vital. Given our rural community, it is often a challenge to bring these diverse experiences directly to students in the classroom. Our students are constantly questioning what life is like in other countries—what food people eat, how they dress, w…Read More
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Fannie Hall posted
“Young Authors Project” Problem of practice: How do I engage emergent readers and writers as I teach the writing process? Often emergent writers are met with uncertainty and frustration. They sometimes struggle to find their creative voices. What better way to encourage young authors to push through and build stamina than to allow them to…Read More
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Jason Hall posted
“Moving to Modification & Redefinition with LEGO® MINDSTORMS® EV3” The Substitution Augmentation Modification Redefinition Model offers a method of seeing how computer technology might impact teaching and learning. My problem of practice is my concern that I hover too often in the “S&A” end of SAMR and do not incorporate enough “M&R” in the wa…Read More
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Students greatly enjoyed working with the LEGO® Mindstorms ® EV3 robots this year. Inspired by those robots students were introduced to many new uses of technology such as coding. (An important side note: I was amazed and greatly appreciated how much math is incorporated in coding.) Coding is just one example of how we worked toward i…Read More
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Jason Hall posted
“Lights! Camera! Math!” My problem of practice is the group of math students I will teach during the 2016-2017 school year has responded poorly to traditional teaching methods. I know this from past KPREP scores, last year’s MAP data, and discussions with the 5th grade math teacher and our principal. While I intend to deliver quality i…Read More
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Exit tickets had at least 10 items that students had to respond to. They were permitted to make their responses outside of class. The data presented shows the results of the 50+ students who responded.
While students as a class did not routinely score >80% on exit tickets, I do feel that the project was beneficial. The students who did create…
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I really like that you are going to address global competency and global literacy first so they understand the scope of the project. This will have a huge impact on their experience and learning. Awesome! Thank you for doing this for our students!