Active Learning (and Tweeting!), Elementary Style
In November 2016 my colleague Sam Carpenter and I presented at the Illinois Education Technology Conference on Active Learning and Tweeting in an elementary school. Below is our presentation.
Twenty Years is Worth Two Cents
Time It’s been an interesting year. My twins entered middle school (time flies). My mom died unexpectedly leaving me parentless with probate and a house built by my grandfather in 1948 (time stands still). Oh…and CPS is shuttering my school (time to move?). The school I’ve built my career at and spent the last twenty years with students. I sat in the library with my colleagues and was read two scripts; one by my principal and one by a Chicago Public School Central Office employee. With that, it was done (or in the beginning phase of 'done'). Teachers were told to “have a good day of teaching and learning” (one of our daily mantras) and were sent off to teach their students after just being told our school was not remaining open after this school year but our building would remain open with a new faculty and three student bodies. George Leland school would inhabit our building while May Community Academy and Louis Armstrong Math & Science...
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