The Schoenblog

Before my return to the regularly scheduled posts about my favorite blended learning tools (see Blending Discussion: Using Technology to Enhance Student Voice and Audience), I wanted to share my Halloween plans and plug Kasey Bell’s awesome Halloween Magnetic Poetry activity. Halloween Magnetic Poetry with Google Drawings! https://t.co/MdMULizaSL #k12 #edchat #edtech #googleedu — Kasey Bell (@ShakeUpLearning) October 30, 2016 As an English teacher, I...

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Today we began a week of discussion and analysis of Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel, Maus II. In the past, I’ve broken the text down for students with a chapter a week to complement our study of Elie Wiesel’s Night. This year, I decided it was time to change things up--and I was excited. We would focus on discussion and critical thinking and devour...

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Log into a Chromebook and your whole Google world is at your fingertips. Mail, Drive, bookmarks, and extensions are suddenly a click away, and you never need to enter another password again. This is part of the magic of Chromebooks, and what makes them so powerful in our schools. Anything that can save clicks can save time and give us more time for...

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The more I grow in my career as an educator, the more I find it difficult to balance personal and professional responsibilities. I want to dedicate myself fully as an educator and coach in my job and also succeed as a writer, speaker, and presenter. Throw in grad school and a dissertation--let alone a personal life--and it’s just hard.We all have our respective...

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Last week, I facilitated a new kind of #BreakoutEDU experience. One where students succeeded or failed on their own with no help besides the standard hint cards. Unlock, solve, and stumble all on your own merits--and that’s probably the way it should be. But it can be hard to stand by and watch your students struggle to create meaning and find answers. That...

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