When I was a first-year teacher, my mentor teacher observed me teaching a lesson. Afterward, we met up during my prep period and she said, "John, your lesson was outstanding but I want to talk to you about how you're treating someone in your class."…
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My daughter looks up from her cereal and says, "You know what day I can't wait for?" "Um, your birthday?" She shakes her head. "Next Christmas?" She shakes her head again and then says, "The first day back to school. I can't wait to see…
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Flash back to Tuesday afternoon: I'm sitting down at the computer overwhelmed by the uncertainty of audience. I'm thinking about that technology training where I had wanted to show teachers how to use Google Drive for assessment . . . and then Google Drive was…
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