Mr. Baker

[Mr. Baker @MrBakerRockwall]

@histordlian hey I don't know if you're on this app anymore but do you know that your sites are no longer functioning? Looks like the API is malfunctioning for where you are pulling your 3 events for each game.

[Mr. Baker @MrBakerRockwall]

@sffed Any chance y'all could bring back the Chair the Federal Reserve Game? I know its a bit dated but it was a good way for students to learn the very basic fundamentals of historical Monetary Policy and a great point to launch classroom discussions from.

[Mr. Baker @MrBakerRockwall]

Had somebody in Virginia (according to Twitter) log into my twitter account this morning. Don’t think anything malicious went out but if it did I apologize and have already reset the password and set up 2FA for this account now.

[Mr. Baker @MrBakerRockwall]

I think the part that stuck with me was the highlighted passage. The portfolio can act like a review & or reflection on our learning. I would like to find a coherent way for something like this in APHuGeo. #RHSInnovatorsCh5

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@MichelleGhorml1 I agree. This is probably one of my biggest growth areas and what would help me become a better teacher! I need more time! Maybe I need to carve out a day or two here or there but it’s so hard to be out of the classroom too! More work to be absent than present LoL.

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@Ms_WilsonELA I am trying to use more podcasts in class. For APHuGeo I’ve used @99piorg and for history I’ve used @thememorypalace here and there. Trying to incorporate them better all the time though! I have never had my kids crest one which is an idea I like a lot!

[Mr. Baker @MrBakerRockwall]

2/2 - I know we all care enough to attempt new things but where is the focus of our educational model? Is it in creating those “problem finders” as mentioned in the ch.? If not how can we direct our classes into that while still attempting to meet TEKS & AP standards?

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1/2 I guess my big question from this chapter is centered around stated end goals vs ideal scenarios. What would our practice look like if education was focused solely on real functional learning rather than testing or credits or “college prep?” #rhsinnovatorsch3

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@cherigrimes @EdAdGear @gcouros Right there with yah! I need to be more purposeful in my reflection and set aside time for it each week. Something I need to integrate ASAP.

[Mr. Baker @MrBakerRockwall]

@EdAdGear @gcouros One of my main goals this year has been to encourage resiliency in my students and creative approaches in my teaching. I need to be a bit more proactive in the active lesson/learning component of this part. I have a lesson next week that hopefully will help my students.

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@jeff_chandler1 2/2 where I share with students before the 1st test that they will not be as successful as they are used to being but that they will improve over time. It is a struggle every year but their improvement (through hard work and perseverance) does happen. Every year It takes time

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@jeff_chandler1 1/2 Wow! I asked almost this same question before I saw yours. I have a huge struggle with this especially with a 9th grade AP Course. I am always looking with an innovators mindset for answers to this question. So far I’ve been trying the honesty approach

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@daddy_times_3 @jeff_chandler1 This makes students realize we’re here to help them and not just to force knowledge into them IMO.

[Mr. Baker @MrBakerRockwall]

How can we as educators teach the growth and innovation mindsets when our students see failure as the stopping point instead of a small hurdle to surmount? How do we help our wider community understand that struggle can be the best learning experience? #RHSInnovatorsCh2

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@cherigrimes 2/2 I don’t know if this is the most effective method vis a vi resource allocation but it certainly gives students the opportunity to pick their paths.

[Mr. Baker @MrBakerRockwall]

@cherigrimes 1/2 I think we have a “shoppers model” at RHS meaning we provide the opportunities and the students grab what they want on their path towards graduation.

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@MichelleGhorml1 This is one of my major struggles as a teacher. Attempting to Move my students from the sit and get to being a voracious consumer of knowledge. I’m not really good at it yet but am always looking for ways to improve. Think I’m going to work in more flipped models next year.

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The growth mindset is something that I try very hard to emulate and model for my students. It’s something that I attempt to introduce to my students but a lot of them expect to be successful every time and equate struggle with failure. It’s a slow process. #RHSInnovatorsCh2

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@Ms_WilsonELA Social studies has this major problem too. I find students (especially 9th grade) think that copying and changing only a few words means “they wrote it” because they changed every third word. I think @EdAdGear ‘s idea about campus culture might help across disciplines.

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@MichellePauken @EdAdGear @gcouros I have wondered this a lot too. Especially with history & English. We could feed off of each other’s classes and be learning about a time period while students read a novel from that time period. When we do magically line up my students have so much more to say about the content!