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Alice Keeler

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🤓👨‍🎓👩‍🎓 Engagement isn't just about doing what we're told. It's about taking ownership of our learning, asking questions, and seeking out new challenges. @lyonsletters 📗 Check out the book on #StudentEngagement 👉

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

5 years

Superintendent emailed me. Here is his signature line. Expecting a kid to learn only from a textbook is like asking them to look at a travel brochure and calling it a vacation.

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Alice Keeler

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10 years

Good Ts can't be replaced by tech. What tech does is allow Ts to spend more time focusing on their learners & building those relationships.

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4 years

Walk into my son's room.. taking his summer school online final. He hides his phone. No kidding he is googling the test answers. As we move remote we can't assess the same ways. They WILL Google it!!!

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Alice Keeler

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6 years

You do not live in 1980 you live in 2018 and you can not get away with "I'm not good with technology."

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5 years

A superintendent emailed me. Here is his email signature line "You wouldn’t go to a hospital that looked the same as 50 years ago. So why do we allow this in schools? "

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5 years

Dear privileged parents who want hard working teachers to provide you with things to do at home. NOTHING NOTHING assigned is better than you reading to your kid. Cooking with them. Spending time. Teachers work hard. Let them stick to inside their class. You got outside of class.

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6 years

Science is not worksheets. Science is not worksheets. Science is not worksheets. Science is not worksheets. Science is not worksheets. Science is not worksheets. Science is not worksheets.

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2 years

Teaching is a creative job. Micromanaging makes teachers want to quit.

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Alice Keeler

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2 years

My 8-year-old asked me "Mom, why do schools only track the bad things that you do and not the good things?"

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6 years

I can point to more "old' teachers who are doing amazing things than I can to teachers who think they are too old to learn ____. Age is not a variable for learning. Attitude is.

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4 years

I posted on FB about my books, someone replied that I shouldn't be able to wear politics at school. #BlackLivesMatter is not politics. Valuing the lives and rights of Black Americans is what is right.

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Alice Keeler

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6 years

The longer a student goes without receiving feedback the less they care about the feedback when they get it.

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5 years

Do we ask kids to be more responsible than adults? How many times have I left something at home as a teacher... did I get a zero? Did I lose points? Did I have detention? How many times does a student get to be HUMAN?

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3 years

My 8-year-old asked me "Mom, why do schools only track the bad things that you do and not the good things?"

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1 year

Kid scores 100% on a retest... Only given a 70%. For what possible justification do we put scores in the gradebook that do not match what a student knows? There is no average time to learn something. Punishing students for taking longer to learn something seems archaic

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2 years

Kid scores 100% on a retest... Only given a 70%. For what possible justification do we put scores in the gradebook that do not match what a student knows? There is no average time to learn something. Punishing students for taking longer to learn something seems archaic

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Alice Keeler

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2 years

Kid scores 100% on a retest... Only given a 70%. For what possible justification do we put scores in the gradebook that do not match what a student knows? There is no average time to learn something. Punishing students for taking longer to learn something seems archaic

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Alice Keeler

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9 months

Can this be the year that admin stops asking teachers to do busy work by writing the learning objective on the board?

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Alice Keeler

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4 years

Teacher on Facebook "I’m deliberately only sending my students small tasks that they are already used to doing from the classroom. I just want them to still feel connected and not overwhelmed. "

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Alice Keeler

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1 year

This person is super engaged in the presentation even though she is knitting. How many of us would let a student knit?

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Alice Keeler

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6 years

“After being asked to learn for 8 hours a day, how can we expect a child to be able to go home and continue pushing their brains. We have to give them time to play and be children.” -Todd Nesloney #LeadLAP #DitchHW

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Alice Keeler

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6 years

If we say we are paperless we are shutting out thousands of amazing activities that are better with paper. And kids should touch stuff other than a computer #ICE18

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

5 years

What if... we all posted our lesson plans to share with each other? How much less stressed would we be when we all collaborate together?

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

6 years

Allow your students to be the same imperfect human being that you are. Sometimes you forget things, are too tired to do something tonight, have a bad day, need more time.

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

5 years

Make 3 signs for your classroom "It is not my job to rescue you from thinking" Jo Boaler "It is not my job to do the thinking for you, it is my job to teach you to think" Alice Keeler "I will not tell you anything you can look up."

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

5 years

Kid scores 100% on a retest... Only given a 70%. For what possible justification do we put scores in the gradebook that do not match what a student knows? Here is some research for you "there is no average time to learn something" and each kid isn't the same so why act like it

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Alice Keeler

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5 years

We just assume students know how to Google search ... They don't. They know how to type words into a box but how to do it effectively and to analyze the results. We have to teach them.

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5 years

I am a big proponent of using paper. being paperless is ridiculous, kids should touch something other than a screen. I put all DIRECTIONS online, but not all the activities are digital.

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Alice Keeler

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6 years

A school "doubled the amount of lunch and recess time its students get from 40 to 80 minutes a day, with felicitous results: lower absenteeism and fewer disciplinary problems. "

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Alice Keeler

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5 years

My high school nephew has a packet to complete over BREAK! WHAT THE HECK!! 1) It is BREAK... spelled B R E A K 2) What research supports this practice of giving packets of boring worksheets over break vs. the plethora of research about rest and spending time with your family

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

6 years

Enjoy, this is my Resource folder in Google Drive #googleEDU

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

5 years

Kids don't learn from people they don't like.

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

6 years

Sadly there is a pressure to be paperless. This is putting the focus on the wrong thing. Learning should be the focus and kids should touch something other than a screen.

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

2 years

This is so neat! They redid the floors so each student has a plug in the floor.

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

5 years

When we say "paperless" we are restricting ourselves from lots of great activities that were designed for paper. Kids should touch something other than a screen sometimes.

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

6 years

This is not a rubric. It's a compliance checklist.

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

4 years

When my students are not engaging with an assignment I think about how can I redesign this, not how can I force compliance.

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

6 years

My dad is an engineer. Yes he COULD help me with math as a kid but that always ended in frustration. It was overly complicated. My dad is not a teacher. To expect that parents can teach for you at home is unreasonable and inequitable. #ditchhw

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Alice Keeler

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5 years

Overheard "I had a kid turn in BEAUTIFUL work, easily A and B work, but since it was late kid got 69 on everything." How do we justify this? Can we just admit that the score does NOT measure learning??

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

5 years

Ditch the Smart Board. They are no longer the face of tech and are teacher centered. DO NOT WASTE MONEY ON THEM #ISTE19

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

3 years

"As you leverage technology to meet the needs of learners and help students get what they need, consider how to best leverage the time and role of the teacher." @katiemartinedu

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6 years

It is pretty darn PRETENTIOUS to think your homework is quality family time. Not only is it NOT, it adds significant stress to families. It's also grossly inequitable. #ditchHW I have 5 kids and both Ps work. We just want to make family dinner happen and that can be a struggle.

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

6 years

Before getting excited about how cool it is... does it improve learning? Does it improve relationships? Does it improve feedback?

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

2 years

My 8-year-old asked me "Mom, why do schools only track the bad things that you do and not the good things?"

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

4 years

GOOD JOB WASHINGTON STATE!!!

Diane Ravitch 🇺🇸🇺🇦📚🌈🗽🌹

@DianeRavitch

4 years

Washington State: All Standardized Tests Canceled for Students for Spring 2020

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Alice Keeler

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6 years

Rigor is not more. 30 problems of DOK 1 is not rigor... it's just busywork.

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Alice Keeler

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2 years

Friendly reminder that learning styles was debunked decades ago.

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

11 months

Schools not taking ALL your years of service is f* BS. Hanging out with a friend with 18 years who moved districts and they only took 8. 😡😡😡 This just shows how salary scales are not about experience and quality but a mind game of making you think someday you could make a

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Alice Keeler

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2 years

It is official! I have been offered the position of "Instructor of Math Ed in the school of education" at Fresno Pacific University. I am blessed and grateful.

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Alice Keeler

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1 year

My kids came home from school... they did fun activities in the gym (no complaints) but it makes me wonder the purpose of policies that restrict teachers from using this as a personal day for an extended vacation when it has the least amount of impact on student learning

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Alice Keeler

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6 years

If we cover 100% of the content but the students don't understand and forget it... What's the point? #coffeeEDU

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

6 years

In other classes students will get boring, rote, too much, teacher lecture, paperwork, etc... IT IS NOT YOUR JOB TO PREPARE KIDS FOR THIS. You can not control the quality of learning in other classes, but in YOUR class you can give them an amazing experience.

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

3 years

Accidentally close a tab? Try Control Shift T to bring it back! #keytips #googleEDU

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

9 months

My new principal yelled at me for spending my own money on supplies. Told me that better be the last time I do that. He will get me what I want and it won't be generic sticky notes. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Alice Keeler

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10 months

Had a lovely interview for a math position. When they said the max they would pay (and I have a masters degree) is LESS THAN 50k I had to nicely say thank you but can't do it. #teacherpay

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

6 years

No packet makes a kid love learning or school. Don't be the holiday Grinch. Ditch the packet.

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

6 years

I challenge you on this, ask students to make a presentation with NO WORDS! YOU are your presentation. Your slides are a visual for your AUDIENCE not a crutch for your presentation.

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Alice Keeler

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1 year

My husband (teacher) just texted me "We're dismissing school at noon due to staff shortages.."

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

4 years

What if... we all posted our lesson plans to share with each other? How much less stressed would we be when we all collaborate together?

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

6 years

Use grid view in #googleslides to watch students work collaboratively. #googleedu #muhsd

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Alice Keeler

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6 years

How would your lesson planning change if your class was optional? If students did NOT have to come to class?

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

5 years

"if someone was learning to ride a bike and got it on the 10th try ... What grade would they get?" @MarciaMentor

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

5 years

Why only "half credit" back? What grading research says to do that?? We just make this stuff up. There is no average time to learn something so why do we punish kids who take longer to learn it?

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Alice Keeler

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6 years

School English department is not doing any novels this year. Why... It isn't tested. We are in a sad sad time that we will look back on with shame. #testscoresdonotpreparekidsforlife

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Alice Keeler

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5 years

The purpose of formative assessment is not to have a grade. It's to see how good your teaching was, where the Ss are at and where to go next

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

6 years

My daughter had HW she was crying over. I asked her why she had HW. She said "I didn't finish in class" why. "I didn't understand it" Guess what... Sending it home didn't make it understandable. #ditchhw #coffeeEDU

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

6 years

Make it SELF GRADING!

Gimkit - live learning game show

Gimkit is a game show for the classroom that requires knowledge, collaboration, and strategy to win. Get started for free!

www.gimkit.com

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Alice Keeler

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6 years

At the end of the first day of school are students excited to come the 2nd day? Create an experience. Make it about the students and not about you reading the syllabus to them and talking about yourself.

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

6 years

I just showed a student control shift t to bring back a tab she accidentally closed. The look on her face was priceless

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

6 years

In the real world there is a lot we need to figure out. Ask students to figure things out as part of the lesson.

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

6 years

Buying your grade is wrong and not equitable. Bringing in Kleenex, scraping gum, donating cans, etc... Should have no impact on grade or whether you can use notes on a test.

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

4 years

no login. I don't log in. Kids don't login. Just quick sharing of a whiteboard. Free (site says they are working on premium features) Students can see my whiteboard, students can NOT see each others.

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

6 years

FREE FREE FREE FREE Do not pay for a class that is just watching videos. @googleforedu has a teachers lounge of FREE tutorial videos made by TEACHERS! #googleEDU

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

6 years

Check out this told wall #bonnertech18

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

3 years

To reuse your #googleForms from last year DO NOT COPY them! Just go to the Responses tab and select "Unlink form" and "Delete all responses." #googleEDU

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

5 years

Remember as we go into the holiday BREAK that it is a B R E A K Not an opportunity to hand out worksheet packets.

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

3 years

I made a folder in Google Drive called "hot mess" then dragged EVERYTHING (all my folders) into this folder. And only have left the 5 that I really use all the time. WAY easier to keep my drive organized. #googleEDU

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Alice Keeler

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2 years

Looking at a Colorado school district ... Needs 2 math teachers (and other positions) base pay $35000. Looked up housing 😳... Pricey! Don't complain you can't find teachers when you don't pay a liveable wage.

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Alice Keeler

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2 years

The Lord is good. Interview went well. I will be teaching mathematics for the masters of math education at Fresno Pacific University

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

2 years

My son made this. Grateful my district to offer woodworking as a class.

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

6 years

Just applied for a new position teaching high school. I'm excited.

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

5 years

If my kid comes home one more time and tells me what other kids clipped down that day I'm going to lose it. NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!!! WHY does my kid even know this?? Clip up charts are wrong. Public shaming is not a discipline tool.

Todd Nesloney

@TechNinjaTodd

5 years

Oh man...here we go... We can always do better but I firmly believe that class clip charts are a form of bullying. Read my complete thoughts on my IG or FB since twitter doesn’t have enough characters 🤣 #KidsDeserveIt

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Alice Keeler

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6 years

There is nothing wrong with this generation. They do things differently. And that's awesome. Not something to complain about. Meet them where they are at. Don't expect them to value the 1980's.

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Alice Keeler

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3 years

Engagement is NOT defined by minutes online or amount of work submitted.

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

2 years

"As you leverage technology to meet the needs of learners and help students get what they need, consider how to best leverage the time and role of the teacher." @katiemartinedu

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Alice Keeler

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3 years

"As you leverage technology to meet the needs of learners and help students get what they need, consider how to best leverage the time and role of the teacher." @katiemartinedu

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

5 years

I hate hate hate hearing "these kids can't"

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

5 years

The sky will not fall. Let this school year be HOMEWORK FREE! You can do it! Liberate yourself, your students, and your families from the stress of homework. #ditchhw

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

7 years

Micromanaging all teachers is not the correct reaction to some teachers not doing what they are supposed to do. 😫😫😫

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

5 years

Tip; Use the SAME slides every day so the link is the same. Put the newest ones at the TOP! #googleEDU

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

5 years

Ha, my daughter just came downstairs "mom, the school gave this to me years ago and I forgot to give it to you"

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

7 years

Let the first day of school count... Build relationships. Don't give a test. Don't make kids sit there while you talk about yourself.

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

6 years

In the real world ... You don't fill out a packet when you want to learn something.

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

6 years

Merry Christmas, here is a link to my #googleDrive folder of templates #googleEDU

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

6 years

This statement changed my whole self perception. I've felt dumb my whole life because I don't do math fast. I AM GOOD AT MATH!!!!?! @joboaler #mathchat "being fast is not the same as being smart"

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

6 years

Our kindergarteners will graduate in 2030. Is the activity we are asking our student's to do preparing them for life in 2030?

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

5 years

I DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #googleClassroom level up game. Takes the points from Classroom and assigns students a level like video games. Creates an assignment in Classroom and updates that assignment. #googleEDU

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Alice Keeler

@alicekeeler

4 years

Accidentally close a tab? Try Control Shift T to bring it back! #keytips #googleEDU

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