Michael

Michael Bickel
SCSU Grad
Social Studies Teacher at ISD624
Conordia cohort 877

[Michael @Mike_BickelWBL]

Parents are literally face timing and doing google meets with their kids in class... probably the parents who blame teachers for their kids not learning...

[Michael @Mike_BickelWBL]

@learnteachtech A12: I think community involvement is very important. It helps families feel connected to the school and breaks down the barrier between school and home. #CSP554

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@learnteachtech A10: Reinforcing effort and providing recognition are very important to middle school teaching. Relationships can help to make this effective for all students and helps create a healthy classroom. #CSP554

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@learnteachtech A7: We have discussed this in WBL a lot this week. We have switched to pass/fail for the year and focus strictly on feedback. I do think grades do not help feedback as students see it as final once a grade is put on something.
#CSP554

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@learnteachtech I like to give my students a choice in the size of groups and who they work with. I also have randomly chosen groups and used various methods to do that! I also find the more engaging the project, the more willing students are to work in groups that they dont usually! #CSP554

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@learnteachtech We take send home good news cards to students, I focus my cards on kids who probably don't often get good news sent home and they have always come into class after and brought up how nice it was! #CSP554

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@learnteachtech Many of my AVID kids have enjoyed having variety and not just c-notes as well! #CSP554

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@learnteachtech A2: Note-taking for history comes in the form of interactive notebooks, that implement different types of notes within them. AVID we focus a lot on FNT and promote our students to decide on their own preferences after being trained in many! #CSP554

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@learnteachtech A1: Analysing images, stand and talks, having students craft their own definitions, formative assessments #CSP554

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@learnteachtech #CSP554

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@learnteachtech Integrating Pear deck into my google slides for student interactions during lessons that were lacking in that prior

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@nick_kurtz_ I liked it alot. It was cool to be able to interact with everyone on your own time instead of waiting to take turns! #CSP877

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@SaraD_CSP #TeamGoogle

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A6: I wish Google Classroom would have existed. It would have helped me to stay organized and keep all my work in one spot rather than 6 folders and writing in a planner (didn't write in a planner) #CSP877

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A5: I would say that they need to find better ways to utilize it. When properly used it makes our jobs easier and less time consuming. #paperfree #CSP877

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@MrSchmitz1 It is especially annoying when kids find cool things in free apps, but then they are not allowed to use it since it is the pay only version #Powtoon #CSP877

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A4: I feel the biggest barrier is just being prepared. Everyday there are so many chromebooks that are not charged or broken it makes it hard to do a lot of activities. I have started collecting chargers and sending kids for replacements in the first minutes of class. #CSP877

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@EllieSchmitt3 @jennamobrien I guess it works both ways! I usually have the student talk more about class since the parents don't know what the day to day looks like. #CSP877

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A3: The various different ways families can connect to their students has greatly impacted their ability to be influential in their students education. They can view assignments, grades etc.. through so many platforms. Communication is so easy! #CSP877

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@jennamobrien I agree, even with the technology most the parents I see are those that know their kids has an A anyways. #CSP877

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@collinschultz10 @nick_kurtz_ It always surprises me when emailing home about grades and parents had no idea their student was doing so poorly! #CSP877