Hello and #HappyNewYear!
I hope everybody had a fantastic break and is ready to try out lots of tech in the new year. First things first - the Twitter contest. I can't tell you how psyched I am to see the explosion of activity #CHSonegoodthing has brought to my Newsfeed. To think that in the first four months of school, the sharing has spread from the high school, to students, to buildings and grounds, to our administrators (yes EVEN Mr. Hamrick is using it!) and throughout the rest of the district - it is really phenomenal. With reminders everywhere of the negative forces in education (especially wearing red sweaters and hugging Jerry Jones) it's great to read all the positive things happening in each of your lives here at Collingswood. If you haven't searched it yet, you should really check out all the great stuff happening in our schools:
Congrats to the 3 winners (too many tweets - had to share the love) of the contest: Mr. McKinney, Mr Fieldman and Ms. Whitman. I definitely know more about our bowling program, the vocational classes and Ms. Whitman's English class "cherubs" than I ever would have before! Keep the tweets coming and try to join a twitter chat when you get a chance.
On that note, tonight begins a twitter book chat about "Teach like a Pirate" by Dave Burgess. The book is constantly praised and discussed by educators on Twitter with the hashtag #tlap. If one of your goals/new years resolutions is to "become more passionate, creative and fulfilled" in your life as an educator, then tune in to Twitter tonight from 8-9 with the hashtag #bfctlap. I believe tonight is really just an introduction and next Tuesday begins Chapter 1 so you have time to pick up the book if you would like :http://www.amazon.com/?tag=localmart-20
Another tip: Exittix.com is a great resource for Do Nows, practice and exit tickets - You can add all your students, post questions daily as an opener or as an exit ticket and instantly see the results of who is struggling or who is succeeding. Check it out.
As always, please don't hesitate to send me any thoughts, problems or questions. I'd be glad to help.
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