Brett Thompson

living my dream of teaching and inspiring, high school Learning Support Coach, on the never ending road of lifelong learning

[Michael DeWees @RoyKentEvrywhr]

Great session from Brett Thompson Naperville Central in teaching electronics concepts @itec2021

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@Erickson_NCHS @BaseballNCHS @NCHSRedhawks @coachsilva11 @MrKirk203 G - anyone who leads off with Rickey Henderson knows what they’re talking about!

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@STCEPLTW happy to share more, email me at [email protected]

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Perfect timing, just finished this year's round of #lightsaber in #electronics class @NCHSOFFICIAL . #StarWars #StarWarsTheRiseofSkywalker #Engineering #makers #CareerTechEd #3Dprinting

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Max Ventilla stepping down as CEO of AltSchool says this about #education, “People often ask what I wish I’d known before starting AltSchool and I say: ‘However difficult you think working in education is...multiply that by 10.’” #edchat https://t.co/oriUBJpskC

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According to my non-scientific classroom survey, 32% of my new #electronics Ss have a #makers and #growthmindset approach to learning this year and don't even know it. Unsolicited and unprompted. Kids want to learn, design, create, dream, be challenged, problem solve.

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Ss are finishing their #lightsabers in #electronics #engineering class. Proud of their excitement, tenacity, collaboration, and problem-solving. #norecipe @NCHSOFFICIAL #cte #fablab #maker #makerfaire #StarWars

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"People who are taught that learning is a struggle that often involves making errors will go on to exhibit a greater propensity to tackle tough challenges and will tend to see mistakes not as failures but as lessons and turning points along the path to mastery" #makeitstick

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Peelable electronic circuits on their way...https://t.co/7jGdJXLeJh #STEM #makered #makerspace #Engineering #CTE

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10 characteristics of learner-centered experiences #iste18 keynote

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@nchsofficial Ss bringing home the hardware again this year at the state @ILSkillsUSA contest this past weekend. Gold and silver medalist in #electronics @Naperville203 #inspire203

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#engineering education is changing, "teaching students that failure is acceptable and showing them how to recover from failure is an important life skill", James Plummer Stanford engineering professor https://t.co/DTyXUUDGZu #STEM #PLTW #Maker #makerspace #CTE

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@bantamtools Making 5 volt regulated power supplies to charge portable devices, including #apple #iPhone that requires proprietary voltages on pins 2 and 3 of USB #stem #engineering #makers #pbl

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Avoid unproductive habits of mind...stay focused when ans and solutions are not immediately apparent, push limits of knowledge and skill, pursue own standards of excellence, seek incremental steps, resist impulsivity @robertjmarzano #theartandscienceofteaching

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First #lightsaber of 2018 finished! #jediguardian #electronics #engineering #makerspace #fablab #STEM @NCHSOFFICIAL @Naperville203 #inspire203

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Wishing all of my fellow educators a restful and relaxing winter break, boredom is not a bad word, it is an incubator for brilliance, and critical for developing, growing, and cultivating new and original work in 2018! @manoushz #teacherlife #boredandbrilliant

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Ss being creative using our #electronics class printed circuit board CNC mill to cut @NCHSOFFICIAL glam #makerspace #cte #inspire203 @bantamtools

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"Students who are able to take pleasure in learning wind up with good grades that they weren't directly chasing" @alfiekohn

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"Not All Career and Technical Education Programs Are Created Equal" https://t.co/g8PhYQZrLF #CTE #makerspace #makered #collegeandcareer