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Sharing: Having a plan B

Byryan March 29, 2016March 28, 2016

There is a school of thought that says having a back-up plan is acknowledging that your original plan will not not succeed. The people who hold to this school of thought also believe that it’s that apparent lack of confidence that causes the ultimate failure of the plan.

Wow, I would have never thought that having a backup plan meant that I didn’t have faith in the original plan. Look at NASA, they have backup plans for everything, and those plans have backups. It’s called being prepared.

Op Ed

Don’t post your life on rented space

ByKolt Buchenroth March 8, 2023March 6, 2023

I would like to thank our special guest author Kolt Buchenroth for his contribution today to Eduk8.me! He is currently the public relations manager for Kenton City Schools. The case against social media Nearly every communicator in the country will tell you that you need a social media presence. While they’re technically not wrong, throwing…

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Sharing: When Teachers Want Professional Development Hours

Byryan April 22, 2016April 21, 2016

When Teachers Want Professional Development Hours – Cooper on Curriculum A few weeks ago I was notified that a couple of teachers were looking to engage in a book study as part of their required yearly professional development hours. These teachers wanted a book recommendation… Yes, some argue there are several problems with an hours-based…

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Kind vs Wicked learning environments

Byryan July 10, 2021July 8, 2021

This article first appeared in the Eduk8me newsletter. Be sure to subscribe to be the first to get articles such as this. In a kind learning environment, participants have access to all of the information required to learn and get better at the activity. Think about sports such as tennis and baseball. You immediately get…

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Sharing: Checklist or Art Form? (via @gcouros)

Byryan April 1, 2016March 30, 2016

Checklist or Art Form? What we teach is not really as important as how we teach. In my first years of education, those suggested activities were my lifeline. I needed them because I thought of teaching as more of a checklist, than an art form. “If I do this, then I will be able to say that…

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Should kids be taught coding?

Byryan January 16, 2021January 16, 2021

WhiteHat Jr., which operates in India and the United States, mounted an advertising blitzkrieg in India telling parents that our children need to learn coding from the age of 4, 5 or 6 — or they will fall behind in life. Indian celebrities promoted the brand and spread the fear of losing out among families….

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Sharing: Ashamed

Byryan April 19, 2016April 18, 2016

Ashamed — Medium I despise the idea of reducing teachers to beggars. It’s a distraction from all the other important work teachers have to do It reduces their value and the perceived worth of public education with each round of fundraising. The conditions addressed by Donorschoose are not the result of a hurricane or epidemic,…

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