Karl Geiger

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@DunellenHS These are amazing!

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@RutgersAltRoute A3. “Zero Tolerance”, while an admirable goal, is a challenge to achieve: it’s challenging to catch every incident, it’s challenging to discern the best response to each incident, & sometimes school personnel may not agree on what the best response is. #AltRtEd #standuptobullying

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@RutgersAltRoute A2. In addition to the recommendations by the CDC, I think an important thing we can do is to create an environment in which every student is cared for and in which students and adults support and encourage each other. #AltRtEd #standuptobullying

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@RutgersAltRoute Anyone else having trouble opening “Understanding Bullying”?

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@RutgersAltRoute A1. Differing views on retaliation do indeed make processing HIB cases more complex, because some students are raised to “stand up for themselves” while other students are raised to “turn the other cheek”, just to name two views! #AltRtEd #standuptobullying

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@2celloburton Yes, definitely!

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@RutgersAltRoute A4. So far my use of technology to communicate with parents is mostly limited to email, but I am very intrigued by ideas to expand this. Particularly of interest would be a group texting service to get out rehearsal information. #AltRtEd #EdTech

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@RutgersAltRoute A3. So far my collaborative efforts have been with colleagues in my own school, but I look forward to exploring other collaborations via technology. The benefits would seem limitless with so many amazing ideas out there on the web! Challenge will be finding time! #AltRtEd #EdTech

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@RutgersAltRoute A1. We use a lot of tech in the classroom, particularly iPad apps and Google slides. Yet, I think a balance is needed as much of class time still needs to be devoted to good old making live music together as a class! #AltRtEd #EdTech

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@RutgersAltRoute A2. Besides cost, perhaps the biggest barrier to using Web 2.0 technologies in the classroom is limited time. Overcoming this takes careful pre-planning and discernment (asking questions like this just fun or is it also effective use of instructional time?) #AltRtEd #EdTech

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@RutgersAltRoute A7. In the music classroom, growth-mindset oriented assessment can happen quite naturally by emphasizing verbal feedback, and hardly ever mentioning grades! #AltRtEd #GrowthMindset

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@RutgersAltRoute A6. Feedback in the music classroom that would foster a growth mindset might include highlighting specific ways in which a group’s or individual’s musical performance has improved and also specific practice strategies. #AltRtEd #GrowthMindset

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@RutgersAltRoute A5. As a choir teacher, I can in the first rehearsal intentionally share why I selected certain music, how it will be a growth opportunity, but that I also fully believe that my young singers will rise to the challenge. #AltRtEd #GrowthMindset

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@RutgersAltRoute A4. As a music teacher I am finding it interesting that the students who misbehave the most for me often tend to love music and want to learn about music! Also, I need to remember that just because a student doesn’t practice may not mean a fixed mindset. #AltRrEd #GrowthMindset

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@RutgersAltRoute A3. Perhaps the simplest way to foster growth mindset is to measure and praise student growth! Just as we periodically make lines on the wall at home to show our children growing taller, we can also notice and celebrate academic growth! #AltRtEd #GrowthMindset

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@RutgersAltRoute A2. As teachers we need to show that we have a growth mindset ourself. Talk about what we’re reading. Talk about something we learned. Let a students know when they’ve taught us something! #AltRtEd #GrowthMindset

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@RutgersAltRoute A1. One’s mindset is foundational to one’s ability to learn. If a student doesn’t possess a teachable mindset or isn’t flexible enough to believe that he or she can learn, then learning would be rather limited. #AltRtEd #GrowthMindset

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Got home yesterday from IYPC 2017...thanks to everyone for a very amazing week!!!

[Karl Geiger @Karl_Geiger]

"In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead!"
1 Peter 1:3