Joel Scanga

Passionate about learning, middle school teacher, NGSS & EdTech explorer. Husband & father teaching at the American International School in Budapest, Hungary.

[Joel Scanga @jscanga]

RT @plugusin: Simple reminder: Tools aren't magical. Teachers are. Purchases don't change schools. People do. #aisbudpest #edtech

[Joel Scanga @jscanga]

Great reminder on @nytimes The Daily Podcast: "Observe. Learn. Improve." I'd like to challenge my students to be "incredible" at this cycle. @jack promotes that this focus can help us do "the right things no matter what challenges we are facing." https://t.co/GH1VKqjvMm.

[Joel Scanga @jscanga]

Ride along the Slovenian coast: vineyards, farms, mountain tunnels, ice cream, and a nice swim at the end. A great day! @ Parenzana https://t.co/zPR95ks4Zu

[Joel Scanga @jscanga]

Analyzing student work is a critical but often overlooked step in the unit design process. Renewed excitement to dig into student's #NGSS assessments our @aisbudapest sci team has designed this year. @paulandersen on @ngsnavigators https://t.co/ZHW7oJpGEV

[Joel Bourque @mrjbourque]

Of the the 1.8 million bachelor's degrees awarded in 2015–16, about 331,000 (18%) were in #STEM fields. #Inquiry based science intrigues new potential STEMers while developing what we want in 100% of students: wonderers, thinkers, problem solvers. #NGSS #edchat #pbl

[Joel Scanga @jscanga]

@mrjbourque For sure @mrjbourque! This example takes the pressure off in more ways than one. Anything that gets students wondering in the direction we are planning to take instruction and that the class can refer back to throughout the unit can be anchoring.

[Joel Scanga @jscanga]

@MsMteachesELLs Good stuff! Thanks @TeachELLs and @MsMteachesELLs you are EAL rock stars!

[Joel Scanga @jscanga]

@mrjbourque @SeamusDoran1 @TylerOnHisBike @Kazzikstan @whorlygirl Thanks for that @mrjborque. Nothing like some fun Friday night entertainment! I think I guessed a good bit.

[Joel Scanga @jscanga]

So proud of our students sharing honest perspectives about homework and grades with experts in education. Learning at a whole new level at #ELMLEBudapest!

[Joel Scanga @jscanga]

Thank you to @sonnymagana and @illywhacker1 for your perspectives on transcendent learning in the #middleschool classroom. #ELMLEBudapest

[Joel Scanga @jscanga]

@paulandersen Love those trails. Enjoy!

[Joel Scanga @jscanga]

@SuzanneRelou @mrbartonmaths @teacherhead @DavidDidau @DTWillingham @MaryMyatt @sjblakemore @shaun_allison @DrHelenDrury @robin_macp @PoojaAgarwal @doctorwhy @dylanwiliam Great recommendations @SuzanneRelou! I'm really enjoying this one at the moment:

[Joel Scanga @jscanga]

Fantastic conversations with world-class educators at #ISTE19. The innovation and curiosity here is contagious!

[Joel Scanga @jscanga]

Learning from some of the best @iste in my home state! #ISTE19

[Joel Scanga @jscanga]

Nice work, @AAS_Moscow students! Excited to see one of our sister schools making this kind of commitment to being single-use #plasticfree. Looking forward to what might be possible at our school next year! @AISBConnect @CEESAorg

[Noah Bohnen @NoahBohnen]

Today was a very special day. I had the pleasure of announcing that @AAS_Moscow will be single-use plastic free starting in Aug. This was a shift that felt unthinkable before but thanks to the perseverance of our MS students, it was accomplished. This is courageous and right.

[MindShift @MindShiftKQED]

“We actually learn in a state of positive emotion much more effectively than we can learn in a state of negative emotion. That has huge implications for what we do in schools," said @LDH_ed to @edutopia https://t.co/HUOwkaZAY2 #edchat #brainbased #teaching

[Joel Bourque @mrjbourque]

A reminder to pin to every agenda - "Kids want to do well. If they're not then something is in their way. " https://t.co/DpUWby1WiF #atplc

[ELMLE @ELMLEnews]

Joel, Seamus, and Darrick are presenting at #ELMLEValencia in January! We hope you all can join us! Info at https://t.co/APrK6i3YjZ @jscanga

[Joel Scanga @jscanga]

@mrjbourque my name is Joel Scanga, MS science teacher at AIS Budapest. Can you please DM me when you get a chance. I wanted to ask about your registration for the upcoming job-a-like.

[Joel Scanga @jscanga]

Congratulations to the Budapest Blazers for taking first place at the 2018 CEESA robotics competition in Warsaw, Poland. Teamwork, hard work, positive attitudes and a little luck helped… https://t.co/ledDLaaH78

[MindShift @MindShiftKQED]

"Kids are smart, and it's not surprising that they begin to disengage when they are given work implicitly suggesting that adults have low expectations of them" @hechingerreport https://t.co/anz4E1ss42 #edchat #hschat #expectations #cpchat #gradrates