5 Better Ways to End Your Day
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5 Better Ways to End Your Day

  How do students currently end a class period or their day? Is it a blur? Do students accomplish anything, or are they rushed out at the last minute? Try…
Talking Data
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Talking Data

  Rich and I were talking about engagement this week. He did a presentation in his district on engagement in math and I asked him about it. Basically, Rich said…
Swinging the Hammer
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Swinging the Hammer

  Inspired by Brian Koppelman’s interview with Steven Pressfield on The Moment Podcast.  If you’re just waiting for the breakthrough to come, you’ve got a long time to wait. Unless…
5 Sites that Teachers Love
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5 Sites that Teachers Love

  Looking to assess students? Want to engage students using video? Want to get lost (and found) somewhere in the world? Try these 5 websites right now!   Rich (@RACzyz)
Make PD Meaningful
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Make PD Meaningful

  It's possible, I swear. PD can be meaningful. Make sure to allow for these factors when planning and implementing your PD sessions. PD can be meaningful! It's possible, I…
A Broken System
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A Broken System

  The system is broken. No matter what we try to do to help certain students and their families, the system often turns a blind eye. The system presents one…
Inundated with Data
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Inundated with Data

  Data was supposed to revolutionize education.  With multiple data points on every student, we are supposed to be able to personalize learning for every student. Unfortunately, we have been…
Think Habit Instead of Talent
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Think Habit Instead of Talent

  On a recent Master Class that I watched, Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, film director, screenwriter and author, David Mamet said about his writing, something like, I’m not any less…
20 Words. Masking Mistakes.
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20 Words. Masking Mistakes.

  20 words. 10 sticky notes, 2 words each. Trying to spark ideas, thoughts, debate, questions, conversation. Let us know what you think at #4OCF on Twitter.   Rich (@RACzyz)
Sweet Beats
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Sweet Beats

  JK Rowling was told her stories were too long, nobody would read them. Van Gogh sold one or two watercolors in his lifetime. The doctor who originally advocated for…