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Mr. Cordery's Blog: Aren't You Happy Where You Are?
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Saturday, July 2, 2016. Aren't You Happy Where You Are? It was the end of a regular school day in the beginning of June. I was coming home from work to a list of things that had to be done before getting the carpool moving for soccer practice. Dinner had to be made. Lunches packed. Homework (for all of us) had to be done. Typical busy home life, right? So, here are the reasons I should have given him a couple of weeks ago:. 1 Interviewing allows me stay current on educational topics. 5 I constantly ask m...
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Mr. Cordery's Blog: November 2016
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Wednesday, November 16, 2016. Putting the Learning on Them. 1 I have learned that many of my students are extremely creative. A little embarrassing to finally see that after working with a kid for over two years. 2 I have had students ask if they could post activities from other classes. I love the fact many of them are using their own time to create a cool blog. 3 Giving feedback is critical on my part. I am constantly reading blogs and giving them feedback on what I see and what I do not see. Overall, ...
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Mr. Cordery's Blog: July 2016
http://jcorderyteacher.blogspot.com/2016_07_01_archive.html
Saturday, July 2, 2016. Aren't You Happy Where You Are? It was the end of a regular school day in the beginning of June. I was coming home from work to a list of things that had to be done before getting the carpool moving for soccer practice. Dinner had to be made. Lunches packed. Homework (for all of us) had to be done. Typical busy home life, right? So, here are the reasons I should have given him a couple of weeks ago:. 1 Interviewing allows me stay current on educational topics. 5 I constantly ask m...
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Mr. Cordery's Blog: Creating a Voice
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Friday, August 12, 2016. I have spent the summer reading things from Mark Barnes (@markbarnes19) and his #hacklearning community, George Couros' (@gcouros) book: "The Innovator's Mindset", Drew Frank's (@ugafrank) #blogamonth community, and Jonathon Wennstrom's (@jon wennstrom) #compelledtribe community. Needless to say, my head is always spinning from these great leaders and the information they share and create. What connections can I make between what I am learning and what I am passionate about?
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Mr. Cordery's Blog: Pushing Boundaries
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Tuesday, September 13, 2016. There comes a point in your career when you begin to feel that something needs to change. You begin to slightly resent the mundane things in your routine. You try to challenge yourself to push past this, but you find it hard to let go of that feeling. Why am I not excited about going back? Why am not really looking forward to the school year starting? I was really struggling with these questions as the summer drew to a close. September 16, 2016 at 11:36 AM. Thanks for modelin...
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Mr. Cordery's Blog: March 2016
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Thursday, March 24, 2016. So, what to do? 1 I heard three kids mention they found some items at home. I never mentioned it was homework, but they chose to do some of the work at home. I was shocked because two of them do not typically do anything outside of class. 2 There was no "getting class started". I had 15 8th graders entering the room, going right to their chromebooks, and getting started on the activity. 5 I could meet with the students for a few minutes while the rest of the class was working.
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Mr. Cordery's Blog: Putting the Learning on Them
http://jcorderyteacher.blogspot.com/2016/11/putting-learning-on-them.html
Wednesday, November 16, 2016. Putting the Learning on Them. 1 I have learned that many of my students are extremely creative. A little embarrassing to finally see that after working with a kid for over two years. 2 I have had students ask if they could post activities from other classes. I love the fact many of them are using their own time to create a cool blog. 3 Giving feedback is critical on my part. I am constantly reading blogs and giving them feedback on what I see and what I do not see. Overall, ...
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Mr. Cordery's Blog: Me, An Innovator?
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Tuesday, September 27, 2016. Me, An Innovator? I just finished "The Innovator's Mindset" by George Couros (@gcouros). I am not going to treat this post as a review of the book, maybe that will be at a later date. For now, I really want to focus on one of the discussion questions George posed at the end of the last chapter: "What is one thing that you are going to try immediately to help move closer to a new vision for learning? Thank you, George, for creating something that will resonate with a lot of ed...
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Learning With a Purpose | Form of the Good
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Form of the Good. Sharing an enlightened vision of education by asking, What if? What it Means to Respect the Game. RADIATE: My One Word For 2015. Finding the Courage to Transcend in 2014. A Random Love of School. Day 1: Purpose, Direction, and Vision for the New School Year. Educator Effectiveness: A Reflection. Learning With a Purpose. Personalizing the Classroom Learning Environment. Believe in Personalized Learning: Outcomes With Impact. Transparency: Aligning Learning and Assessment. 8220;Schools sh...
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