#Classroom

Trust students. Respect students. Give extensions, no questions asked, no doctor's note needed. Grade their learning. We do not know what students are surviving. We do not need to know
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Former students are rediscovering our old Google Classroom and someone just turned in an assignment 427 days late. I misread the email. 402 days late.
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I was thinking about teaching today and I am pretty sure after 25 years I’ve got it *mostly* nailed. 1. Keep your classroom very calm apart from moments of *organised*
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First day of Summer for the youth of NYC and we are still waiting for that shift in funds for #SYEP @NYCMayor @NYCSpeakerCoJo @CMKoslowitz I am mystified #DefundNYPD #NYCBudgetJustice #BlackLivesMatter
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Online school has kicked off and seems to be going well so far - EMs first class is PE so if I hear any jumping I’ll know why.(Actually mostly his
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On the other hand, this thread is very fair. What this gets at is that the issue is the social acceptability of expressions of personal contempt, in face-to-face, or professional
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CLASSROOM AEROSOL RISK CALCULATOR: Duke researchers have developed a new online calculator that teachers and students can use to “estimate the risk of airborne transmission of the #COVID19 virus in
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seroroki but it’s alpha prime todoroki that’s been trying to fuck beta sero since first yearhe’s finally met his match, someone that’s more clueless than the dual haired boy and
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I sent pre-term surveys to students asking them about tech needs, access, hopes, and concerns for this autumn. There seems to be a narrative that students are clamoring for live/synchronous
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Friday afternoon I got my classroom ready for fully onsite learning come Monday.Before I shut the classroom door for the weekend, I looked back at the tables filled with chairs
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Um...probably TMI, but, when my old district fired me (for two weeks) they took all of my classrooms items out of my room (fishtank, plants, photos of my cats) and
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@fordnation @Sflecce @melissagrelo @CBCToronto Just in case anyone actually believes #OntarioTeachers aren’t stepping up, let me fill you in on a few facts that he (and you) may not know:
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I don’t want to step on any toes here, but I probably will, unfortunately. One thing I’m noticing in the discussion of Alberta’s new curriculum is the number of people
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I was speaking with a teacher today about a common problem in schools every year that we need a solution for before September.What happens when a child is sick at
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Friends! I'm so excited to announce my wife's new non-profit: A New Pipeline.http://anewpipeline.org The mission is simple: Make computer science more equitable. (and hopefully, by extension, make the tech industry more
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I see lots of takes on online learning. Here's mine, FWIW. When I started teaching online, I was concerned that it would not be as rigorous and meaningful as classroom
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