Andy Hetherington

[Andy Hetherington @AndyHetheringt2]

Teaching students to have productive disagreements is exactly the kind of thing that social studies classrooms should do. Our students' ability to engage with their society would be vastly improved if we show them how to respect viewpoint diversity. #osussmce @AHartsellMCE

[edutopia @edutopia]

Kids don’t arrive at school ready to respectfully disagree. That’s where teachers come in.
https://t.co/dgXTkQDnf5

[Andy Hetherington @AndyHetheringt2]

Some great advice here about using feedback to support students. Having a positive to negative feedback ratio of 3 to 1 or 5 to 1 seems like a good goal to aim for. #osussmce @SGrisvard

[edutopia @edutopia]

Strategies to help students motivate themselves. https://t.co/tSPPfnvaCw

[Andy Hetherington @AndyHetheringt2]

Over Thanksgiving break, I was planning some lessons having to do with the French and Indian war. A big focus of mine was on having students explore different perspectives in conflict. I think understanding opposing viewpoints is an important skill in social studies. #osussmce

[Andy Hetherington @AndyHetheringt2]

My class will be doing a 'reader's theater' having to do with the American revolution tomorrow. Working our students' literacy skills into social studies has been an ongoing goal for my mentor and I, so I'm looking forward to this. #osussmce

[Andy Hetherington @AndyHetheringt2]

@TeacherRunner42 @blocht574 That sounds great, though I'm more of an English muffin pizza guy!

[Andy Hetherington @AndyHetheringt2]

A4: Pizza. At this point in my college career, I genuinely wonder what percentage of my body is composed of pizza. #mschat #osussmce

[Andy Hetherington @AndyHetheringt2]

A5: My students, plain and simple. Things can be rough, but it's always motivating to remember that I'm in a position where I can influence the lives of these kids in a positive way. #mschat #osussmce

[Andy Hetherington @AndyHetheringt2]

A3: I would have with the projector. My handwriting is very not good, so being able to project something during lessons is an immense help for my teaching. Writing everything by hand would take a lot of time away from my students' learning. #mschat #osussmce

[Andy Hetherington @AndyHetheringt2]

A2: Thankful to my students for the energy they bring to the classroom most days. Thankful to my mentor teacher for her example and advice. #mschat #osussmce

[Andy Hetherington @AndyHetheringt2]

A1: By acknowledging the efforts that students make in the classroom, regardless of outcome. It's important for students to know that we appreciate them joining us each day. #mschat #osussmce

[Andy Hetherington @AndyHetheringt2]

Hello #mschat! Student teacher from Ohio State's middle childhood education program here.

[Andy Hetherington @AndyHetheringt2]

Hello, #globaledchat! Tweeting to you from Ohio State's Middle Childhood Education program.

[Andy Hetherington @AndyHetheringt2]

Part of said lesson has students look for primary and secondary sources in their day-to-day lives. (Learning about what happened the other day as opposed to the other century) I think it's important to make sure things are applicable to students' lives. #osussmce

[Andy Hetherington @AndyHetheringt2]

I've been putting the finishing touches on a lesson about primary and secondary sources that I'll be teaching tomorrow. Really looking forward to it - especially hoping I can show students how neat primary sources can be. #osussmce

[Andy Hetherington @AndyHetheringt2]

I imagine these would apply to middle school students, as well. Our students' abilities to work with stress should be just as important to us as their academic performance. @sdraperosu @OSUSocStudies #osussmce

[edutopia @edutopia]

High school students are more stressed than ever before. Here are tips for helping them cope. https://t.co/sgrvt5iKJw

[Andy Hetherington @AndyHetheringt2]

This is definitely a question that students need answered every single day they're at school. We have learning objectives for every day in the classroom - maybe we should also have a clear reason for students to be there that they can know. #osussmce @OSUSocStudies @SGrisvard

[Loretta F. Goodwin @LearningZest]

In reflecting on importance of real-world learning,1 Winton Woods student noted oft-asked ? by students:Why r we learning this? She said “we’re having that ? answered every day at this school.” #PBL is alive,well,impactful. @wwcsdistrict @LydiaDobyns @newtechnetwork @kriscuilla

[Andy Hetherington @AndyHetheringt2]

A7: To be as knowledgeable about and engaged in the society that I live in. Civic engagement is like any other subject: you need to fully understand it yourself before you can effectively teach it. #osussmce #globaledchat

[Andy Hetherington @AndyHetheringt2]

A6: In some of my classes, we have discussed ways of having students have a role in deciding what classroom strategies work best for them. This helps design the classroom to best fit students, but maybe it could also help model community engagement. #osussmce #globaledchat

[Andy Hetherington @AndyHetheringt2]

A5: I'm just a student-teacher, so I haven't had any chances to see this yet. I have heard second-hand about students who form proposals for their school's policies, which sometimes go right to the principal. It's a good way to model civic engagement. #osussmce #globaledchat

[Andy Hetherington @AndyHetheringt2]

For the record, that is supposed to read "I think we should BE frank".

[Andy Hetherington @AndyHetheringt2]

A4: To start, I think we should frank about the importance of civic responsibility. The decisions that governments make can make or break lives, and students need to understand that, through civic engagement, they are responsible for their government. #osussmce #globaledchat