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Preparing Students (Dewey Post #1)
“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” - John Dewey We’ve all used the phrase lifelong learner before. It’s a buzz word that I hear whenever…
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5 Alternatives to Homework
Homework continues to be a hot topic to debate among educators, parents, and especially students. Try these five alternatives to homework. Let students have the time back to find…
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Where We Are, Jan. 2022 Edition
I find myself asking a simple question often these days. Where are we? Here is where we actually are in January, 2022. Trying to find subs for subs who called…
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Slowing Down
The flaws within our educational system are being exposed right now on a grand level. We are seeing that a major component of our elementary schooling system revolves only…
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Ending 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…
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Expecting the Worst
There are many days when this job seems impossible. The days seem long and hard, plot twists revealing things you’ve never experienced before. You don’t want to think about…
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Visual Design Tools
I’m often asked which tools I use to create the graphics and visuals for the Four O’Clock Faculty website. Over the years, I explored different tools, but I have…
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The Fear of No
It’s much easier to fear NO than it is to anticipate YES. Most of the time, it can feel like YES is improbable. Maybe YES just seems like maybe.…
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Hitting the Wall
It’s way too early to be hitting the wall. It’s only January. It’s not even like we ran into the wall. It’s more like the wall jumped up and…
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3 Questions to Kick Off the Year!
Start the year with these three questions: What is the meaningful project that you (or your students) would want to complete right now?What steps would you need to…