“My son had his whole life to live and he was only six,” said Alberto Romero. His son, Steven, was one of three people killed in yesterday’s shooting at a garlic festival in Gilroy, California.
America cannot go on like this. For the sake of our kids, we have to change.
Focus on Grading: Are your grading practices from personal experience or research? Currently reading What We Know About Grading edited by @tguskey@SusanBrookhart . This is a retweet with correct spellings! Egads! Where's my grading checklish before posting to Twitter????
Folks talking about my voice can step right off. Women’s March & Kavanaugh speech, same.
Any kid who grew up in a distinct linguistic culture & had to learn to navigate class enviros at school/work knows what’s up.
My Spanish is the same way.
These conspiracy mills are 🚮.
If a kid needs help with a math skill, we help them with that math skill.
If a kid needs help with their organizational skills, shouldn't we help them with organizational skills?
Many soft skills & emotional intelligence deficiencies inhibit access to academics.
#WholeChild
One case for standards-based learning: If a student failed to ride a bike 9 times, but was successful on the 10th try, what would their grade be? Would they get 1 out of 10 points? 10%? Or did they master the skill of riding a bike? #sblchat#masterychat#ModernMeasures#edchat
“For people without disabilities, technology makes things easier. For people with disabilities, technology makes things possible.” From @mmatp presentation at the U of S disAbility Conference. I wish more people had this perspective re designing devices that are accessible to all
As someone who is always losing or tangling headphones, this is probably the best conference freebie of all time! Thanks, @TeachingChannel#fasdlc18#fdlrs
Professional learning opportunities need to be universally designed to make the greatest impact right away and during implementation. @LearningForward@HirshLF @FASDPL #fasdlc18#udlchat#fdlrs