Brian Rozinsky

I blend pedagogy with education technology to support middle-school students & staff at a public charter school in Colorado to grow our literacy skills.

[Brian Rozinsky @brianrozinsky]

@biologygoddess @frankwmoody Appreciated this blast from the past as time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin' into the future. (And just went for a bike ride yesterday!)

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@chrislehmann @being_ulti @stevegrantz And, just like that, my Friday is starting with a lot of unexpected recollections. Thanks, Chris, for (as they say) the memories.

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@CarlaMeyrink @MarisaEThompson @JoyKirr @schmegini @mrsjamiehalsey @SarahMZerwin @awfrench1 @Kbahri5 Couldn't agree more, Carla: cornerstone work on which so much can be built.

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@JoriKrulder Sounds like you're talking affective filters & how lowering those enhance receptiveness to subsequent learning. Heard that connection regarding language learning w/multi-lingual students or those w/dyslexia. Implications reach further. #sunchat https://t.co/fE2gC9y9Zt

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@mexusmx @CarlaMeyrink @thnorfar What's the news from you in your (current) corner of the world?

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@mexusmx @CarlaMeyrink @thnorfar 👌 Thanks for asking, John. I agree: It's been a while as I haven't been prioritizing time here the same way I used to. I wonder, What have I been doing instead? Indulging other habits like reading, working, playing outside, some of which install me in a bubble of my own making!

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@thnorfar You, too, T. Have a great day & hopefully a better week to come than the last one.

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@mexusmx @CarlaMeyrink Kids, yes, & grown-ups. Boundaries matter; some of those we set ourselves while others are collectively & continuously negotiated. Former regularly collide with the latter, too! One (re)starting point can be cards on the table -- as @thnorfar showed a few tweets back. #sunchat

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@MrsKarr36 I observed a pro athlete lead a session for youth, & I noticed how he purposefully framed our time by co-creating *agreements* w/participants about our conduct. He distinguished agreements (mutually defined) from expectations (what one in power places on others). #sunchat

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Morning, #sunchat. Long time, no see as I'm mostly a Twitter ghost nowadays, I'm Brian. I support MS students & staff at a K-12 public charter school in CO to grow our literacy skills. Anyone else amused by today's inadvertently connected threads: class mgmt & caring for strays?

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@MarkClementsEdu @Mr_Rablin Short, incomplete answer: Student's grade results from completion of contracted coursework. My introduction to this approach came via reading @AsaoBInoue. E.g., https://t.co/LPfXRODgkJ

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@thnorfar @susankotch Both descriptions can be true at the same time, of course. Literal + figurative is like writing's chocolate + peanut butter, two great tastes, etc.

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Look at Jozette practicing what she preaches: reading the room where she is &, nimbly, flexibly, being willing to change. #sunchat

[Jozette Black @JozetteBlack]

My toddler awakes... I have to go. My takeaways from today: know your content, know your students, stay up to date with what's happening in educational research, organizations, debates, etc., and be willing to change based on any of the aforementioned! #sunchat

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@thnorfar I keep working at it and, as always, your encouragement helps.

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Ratio? As much as possible. Yet: Readiness of learners to carry that load independently or as part of a group varies, so planning for different & multiple on- & off-ramps, supports & extensions, is tricky best practice that relies on all other practices. #sunchat

[Susan Kotch @susankotch]

Lecture/Notes has its place, but daily can be tedious UNLESS the lecturer has the personality to carry it (like storytelling to toddlers, you need to add to the show!). Not all people do. How much class time do we need to turn over to students each day? Ratio? #sunchat

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Recent advice re: lecture from the always practical @cultofpedagogy: https://t.co/UCbyp8u6Hz Whatever tool a teacher might pull from their bag of tricks, that move is well done when it's purposeful. And best done when we look back to see the extent to which it worked. #sunchat

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Greetings, #sunchat. I'm Brian. I support middle-school students & staff at a public charter school in Colorado to grow our literacies. And just like that last plural noun, pedagogies, practices, & ways to teach are similarly multiple in my experience.

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@teresamgross Here's an adult book recommendation for when you're ready: Bewilderment by Richard Powers. #pd4uandme To make the transition potentially smoother from YA to grown-up, it's got some Flowers for Algernon vibes :) #pd4uandme