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Increase parent communication with student grade reflections

3/27/2018

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It's no secret to educators that strong school to home communication is one of the secrets to student success. But, how can educators develop and maintain a strong line of communication when they have hundreds of students and dozens of responsibilities in addition to planning, leading learning, and grading? I've 
written before about using the power of Google Sites and Google Drive to create magical, automatically updating class websites. However, a class website is only one part of a communication strategy. What else can we add to this to give parents a way to talk to their children about their grades, their work, and most importantly, their learning? Thanks to Google Forms and the Google Sheets add-on autoCrat, parents can get a glimpse into their child's grades with a little up front work by the classroom teacher, some reflection on the part of the students, and the automating powers of Google Forms, Sheets, and the Google Sheets add-on autoCrat. ​

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Observe dozens classrooms at once with a district Twitter challenge

3/14/2018

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Recently, my school district's District Professional Development Committee (DPDC) hosted its third annual #C6Learns Twitter Challenge. I love everything about the few weeks out of the year that we facilitate this Twitter challenge, but most of all, I appreciate the opportunity to peak into classrooms that I might not get to visit regularly. One of the great bits of learning I had a chance to peak in on this year was teachers sharing how they are currently using Google tools with their students. ​

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My #OneWord2018

1/29/2018

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On the most recent episode of The House of #EdTech, a podcast hosted by New Jersey educator Chris Nesi, Chris shared his One Word for 2018 (#oneword2018). One Word is a way to get rid of lengthy, unrealistic resolutions and give yourself a single word to guide your personal and professional growth throughout the year. This episode got me thinking about all the times I have resolved to do things in January only to see myself forget all about those resolutions by the second week fo February. 
#oneword2018
Use the player above to listen to episode 101 of the House of #Edtech podcast. Then click here to subscribe.

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JPPrezz.com - Best of 2017

12/28/2017

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2017 was such an exciting year for me both professionally and personally. One of my proudest accomplishments of the year (besides welcoming Gabriel Paul into the world) was restarting my blogging journey.  While I didn't blog nearly as often as I would have liked this year, when I did, I shared some of my favorite classroom activities, discussed my ideas for sharing with my #edtech message with my 
district, and shared how my team and I were able to be productive when my district was shut down for a week at the end of the school year due to a major flood. In between,

Below, take a look back at the five most popular posts on jpprezz.com from 2017. ​

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Reflective Rubrics in Google Classroom

11/14/2017

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Recently I was helping a group of high school teachers get started with Google Classroom. One of the participants asked about an easy way to fill out scoring guides when using Google Classroom. When she asked that, I thought for a few seconds and showed her how to add her scoring guide as an attachment in a Google Classroom assignment. She was happy with that solution, so for the time being, I moved on to the next question.  The more I thought about it, though,  I realized that  while this was a great way to substitute technology for paper and make grading a more efficient process, that we could modify the activity and work flow to get students to engage with their work 
and the teacher on a deeper level. ​ I went back to my office, looked at the rubric that teacher shared with me and modified it by adding a column for self-assessment and a row for student comments. Those two small modification transformed this ordinary rubric into a reflective tool that can be used to springboard conversations about student work between the student and teacher. 

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An open letter to teachers from your students

8/11/2017

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Dear teachers, 

​We know that you have a difficult job.  From what we hear, grading homework and tests, planning activities and going to meetings takes up a lot of your time.  In addition, we know that we can be a handful at times, too. While we may not always show it, we really appreciate what you do, and no, we can't do your job even though at times we say and act otherwise.  With that being said, there are a few things we would like you to keep in mind when you are planning lessons and interacting with us throughout the school day:


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Engage Students with a Digital Turn and Talk

7/20/2017

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One way I love to engage learners during discussions or question and answer sessions in my classroom is with the Kagan Structure Think, Pair, Share. While I was still a full-time classroom teacher, I would ask a question, instruct students to discuss the question with their shoulder partner, during which 
each partner gave and explained their answer.  I did this so that every student in the classroom  had an opportunity to think about and engage in discussion around the content.  This was a great way to break up a class period and get students talking and thinking.  ​​​

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Providing Teachers Context and Confidence

6/17/2017

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On May 25, 2017,  my son Gabriel was born.  Gabriel is my second child and by all accounts, is a happy and healthy baby. As I think back to the first few days of his life compared to those of my 5 year old daughter, there is one major difference between the two experiences.  My level of confidence.  I clearly remember with my daughter being surprised that the hospital let me, a guy who could barely cook his own dinner, take a human child home.  My wife and I didn't know what we were doing, and the looks on our 
faces told our nurse that.  However, now, after five years of parenting experience to go on, we were calm, confident, and ready to go when we finally got to take our little guy home.  This change in demeanor came down to things: context and confidence.  ​

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Increase Productivity While Working Remotely

6/4/2017

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Recently the St. Louis area was impacted by severe weather that closed school for 4 days. As all educators know, just because classes are canceled, that doesn't mean that our work stops.  In addition to needing to get work done with colleagues who weren't in their offices or classrooms, meetings all across the district had to be rescheduled, and calendars needed to be adjusted.  This all happened the last 10 days of school.  
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Needless to say, it was a little tricky getting all of our end of the year work efficiently and effectively.  However, thanks to G Suite tools, meetings were rescheduled, collaboration took place, and deadlines were met.  In the next few paragraphs, I will share some of the ways Google tools can help get work done and connect people remotely. ​

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The Google Certified Trainer Road Map

5/19/2017

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​When I was first learning about educational technology by joining Twitter and attending conferences as a high school ELA teacher 6 years ago, I was flooded with so much information. Web tools, resources, lesson ideas, implementation strategies, and so much more was at my fingertips on Twitter  and in front of me at conferences and edcamps. At the center of all this learning were Google 
Certified Teachers and Trainers.  I remember being awed by this group of educators who seemed to have all the answers and cool schwag. I hoped that one day I would be able to include myself in that group. ​

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