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Questions We Should Be Asking Students
For many years, we have asked students small questions. Detail questions. Fact questions. Who? What? Where? When? We must ask big questions of students. Some of our questions…
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Teaching Tasks
If we teach things without a clear why, what we are essentially doing is teaching tasks. For instance, if we believe we are teaching opinion writing to learn…
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Host a Jam Session
At #4OCF, we have long been proponents of using professional learning and meeting time to do relevant, meaningful, and productive work. Try hosting a Jam Session during your…
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Sharing Fuels Sharing
It's simple. Sharing fuels sharing. The more my students share, the more my students want to share. The more my students share the more my students learn, think…
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Coding Resources for Students
Check out these awesome Coding Resources for students, including hands-on video game creation, App-Building, and unplugged activities! Code.org Bits Box Unplugged Activities Conditionals with Cards …
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But I Wanted A Horse
It’s often said that there are no mistakes in art. But it’s not really true. If a student wants to draw say… a horse but their horse…
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Negative Energy
If you were to walk into a meeting, and hand everyone crisp one hundred dollar bills, someone would mutter, "How come you didn't give us two hundred dollars?" I…
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THE Creative Processes
There really is no such thing as THE creative process. Everyone’s creative process is different. Essentially, we have models and examples of creative processes. Read any…
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Only 40 Days To Go
Only 40 days to go. I hear this sort of countdown frequently during this time of year. Only 8 weeks left. Whenever any of these statements are made, there…