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schmit741
Nov 8, 20211 min read
I Think I Can!
What a start to the 2021-2022 school year this has been. This year should seem like a breeze: I am teaching only 5th grade, I have a...
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schmit741
Oct 28, 20211 min read
Student Teaching
If you're a teacher, perhaps you remember your first time leading a lesson in the classroom or your first year teaching. I know I do and...
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schmit741
Oct 27, 20212 min read
My Favorite Course
My favorite course thus far while procuring my Masters of Arts in Educational Technology was CEP 833 Creativity in K-12 Computing...
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schmit741
Oct 27, 20211 min read
3D Printing and Coding
I loved the idea of incorporating the 3D printer and the Circuit Playground into a math unit. I decided to allow students to play around...
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schmit741
Jun 1, 20212 min read
Schema Theory
When learning something new, we hope to master whatever it is we are working towards learning. When we start the process of learning we...
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schmit741
May 25, 20213 min read
Habitual Habits
Every morning, I wake up, workout, shower, dress, apply makeup, make breakfast, wake up my children, eat breakfast, pack lunches, pack...
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schmit741
Apr 26, 20211 min read
Passion Quotient (PQ), Curiosity Quotient (CQ), and Intelligent Quotient (IQ)
Throughout CEP 812, students have been pushed to think about ways to increase questioning in their lives. This is something I am...
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schmit741
Apr 21, 20211 min read
A Comprehensive Study: Encouraging Risk Taking in Elementary Students
Throughout CEP 812, I learned about ways others have found solutions to problems. The end goal of CEP 812 was to initiate a question,...
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schmit741
Apr 8, 20211 min read
A Wicked Question
Think back to a time where you were in a class and a teacher asked a question. How many people raised their hand or jumped up and down to...
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schmit741
Mar 31, 20212 min read
Sketchnote Brainstorm
In my classroom and in my MAET program, sketchnote style videos are something I watch frequently. I have always found the combination of...
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schmit741
Mar 24, 20213 min read
Creating Beautiful Questions
I started on a new, required for an MSU course, book this weekend A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough...
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schmit741
Mar 17, 20212 min read
Anxiety in the Classroom
Have you ever been in a situation where you are afraid that you will be singled out from the crowd? Or sitting in class so worried that...
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schmit741
Mar 8, 20211 min read
Are splits beneficial?
I am a 4th and 5th grade teacher at a public school in Northern Michigan. This is my second year teaching the 4th and 5th split (putting...
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schmit741
Dec 12, 20202 min read
An Image A Day
In the beginning of cep 811 we were asked to take a picture every day. The reasoning for this wasn’t shared and the project details were...
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schmit741
Dec 8, 20203 min read
My Dream Classroom
If you could create your dream classroom what would it look like? This week in my masters class CEP 811, we played around with design...
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schmit741
Dec 1, 20203 min read
Innovative Learning Experience
In my fourth and fifth grade split classroom, I have created an innovative lesson plan to teach students to use a Prusa 3D printer. In...
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schmit741
Nov 24, 20202 min read
Universal Design for Learning
Universal Design for Learning, UDL, is an approach to teaching and learning. To plan a UDL lesson start by determining the goal(s) and...
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schmit741
Nov 19, 20202 min read
Media Consumption
In CEP 811, I was challenged to broaden my media consumption to include new sources of information. These sources were not to be...
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schmit741
Nov 9, 20202 min read
Creative Commons
What is Creative Commons? I want you to imagine a scenario where you have spent time and energy making a creation; an essay, image,...
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schmit741
Nov 5, 20203 min read
Learning from Failing
What is failure? Merriam-Webster defines it as the, “omission of occurrence or performance. Specifically : a failing to perform a duty or...
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