Align your students’ passions with skills of the future. With Google’s free CS First curriculum students build confidence as they learn computer science through their favorite subjects, like Sports, Art and Fashion.
Though I teach History, watching the #Tonys has reinforced what I long believed: the Arts are as essential to a child’s education as English, Science, Math and Social Studies.
Are spelling tests active student engagement? No
Creative thinking? No
Critical thinking? No
Communicating ideas? No
Collaborative? No
RETHINK THE SPELLING TEST
If we say we are paperless we are shutting out thousands of amazing activities that are better with paper. And kids should touch stuff other than a computer #ICE18
"Too often we reward students for effort and not for actual growth." @MawiAsgedom Big difference between handing in a worksheet and real learning. Challenge matters. #growthmindset#grit#aste18@mawilearning
Things will happen to us in different ways that are challenging. All of us have to find our own way to connect with whatever turbo we have in our life to keep from staying stuck. @MawiAsgedom#ASTE18
Education is a field where there are so many challenges, and they’re never going to stop, but we do it because we want to impact and it’s what we dedicate our lives to @MawiAsgedom#ASTE18