Don Taylor

VT teacher, husband, dad, reader and outdoor enthusiast.

[Don Taylor @dtaylor60]

@kevinthorley Hey Kevin — I have some questions about solar — any chance we could connect for some Q and A? DM if possible. Thanks

[Don Taylor @dtaylor60]

@WheelerFishing 4.5#

[Don Taylor @dtaylor60]

@TheRealHoarse This all sounds awesome. It would be super-helpful if you identified some of your “healthy food.” I’m also trying to improve my nutrition/fuel. Thanks and congrats on the great start….

[Middle Grades Collaborative @mgcollaborative]

Middle Grades Institute 2022 starts today! Educators, instructors and community partners: have a great week! #vted @VAMLE_VT @innovativeEd

[Don Taylor @dtaylor60]

@nut_history Thurman Munson

[Middle Grades Collaborative @mgcollaborative]

2022: VAMLE March Middle Level Student Conference: Connecting and Empowering Youth — Three great sessions on three days in March. Check out the details and register here: https://t.co/eunKSbge6h
#vamle #vted @innovativeEd

[Middle Grades Collaborative @mgcollaborative]

Fixed the survey link — thanks for feedback!

[Don Taylor @dtaylor60]

Gold…..

[Nirav D. Shah @nirav_maine]

1/Welp, I spent last night continuing my research into the #blizzard2022 #hoax.

Thankfully, @Twitter and Facebook have helpful algorithms that pointed me in the direction of *real* experts who helped me round out my thinking.

[Tim Sinnott @tsinn]

At @mrpsvt schools “We learned of 9 new cases today, 8 of them came through surveillance testing.” These tests are important, as they set a baseline for school community levels of infection. @GovPhilScott and @danfrench, please do not take away this tracking tool. #vted #vtpoli

[Don Taylor @dtaylor60]

Read Kareem.

[Anna Merlan @annamerlan]

It bears repeating: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a legitimately fantastic blogger https://t.co/N7E0TtH2RD

[Don Taylor @dtaylor60]

Jim Murphy: Schools at a breaking point as Covid-related strains grow https://t.co/KZuDN5MEob via @vtdigger

[UVM Tarrant Institute for Innovative Education @innovativeEd]

"Personalized learning offers opps for reaching outside the boundaries of the school walls to foster the capacities & dispositions students need to become active, compassionate citizens."

Great essay by K. Kesson leveraging the philosophy of John Dewey.

https://t.co/Oc1C6qKLdR

[Tyler Rablin @Mr_Rablin]

What if we reframed these?

"What does the student want to know? How will they know if they know it? What will they do if they know it? What will they do if they don't?"

Both approaches are valuable and should be in balance.

2/2

[Don Taylor @dtaylor60]

@mgcollaborative @VAMLE_VT

[UVM Tarrant Institute for Innovative Education @innovativeEd]

"In its finest iteration, personalizing learning enables Ss to delve deeply into matters of personal & social significance, issues that young adolescents hold dear."

From Middle School Review editors James Nagle & @pennybishop on recent #vted heavy issue.
https://t.co/644E5TiQJb

[Don Taylor @dtaylor60]

@MSMS_Sustain

[Inside Climate News @insideclimate]

There are tremendous hidden costs from wasting food—the land, water and fertilizer for crops; animal feed; man-hours; energy to run farms, slaughterhouses and transportation; and storage. Reducing food waste would tackle climate change on multiple fronts.

https://t.co/1xnLaipHMR

[Inside Climate News @insideclimate]

There are tremendous hidden costs from wasting food—the land, water and fertilizer for crops; animal feed; man-hours; energy to run farms, slaughterhouses and transportation; and storage. Reducing food waste would tackle climate change on multiple fronts.

https://t.co/1xnLaipHMR

[The New York Times @nytimes]

"I think this is probably the biggest discovery about the peopling of America in a hundred years."

Human footprints in New Mexico are at least 23,000 years old, a study said, suggesting people may have arrived 10,000 years earlier than scientists thought. https://t.co/cmjgCCGNo7

[Jason D. Finley ∞ Δ ∴ ∞ β @finleyjd]

I work in a CTE Center w/ mostly 11th & 12th graders.
But, it’s also 💯 my job to help middle grades with #CareerExploration.

(It’s in Act 189.https://t.co/fvEnejWnU9)

cc: @VAMLE_VT @advancevt @VTEconDev @vtvsa @vtprincipals @VT_WFDBoard @ChangeStoryVT @VermontSCA #VTed #VTpoli

[Tyler Rablin @Mr_Rablin]

Somehow I've ended up as the newspaper advisor this year, and I've honestly never seen kids work harder or be more committed than the team in charge of this.

When kids have something they care about, an authentic audience, and autonomy, they can do some pretty cool stuff.

[John Tan @therealjohntan]

Self-directed learning is the North Star of education. The goal of the educational process is to produce self-directed, life-long learners. - @gschoeniger