tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22028117820242091922024-03-13T05:35:52.487-07:00Loving LiteracyTeresa Grosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607497959181041245noreply@blogger.comBlogger127125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202811782024209192.post-63434838545342444502020-07-25T08:15:00.000-07:002020-07-25T08:15:11.515-07:00"Read & Ride"<h2>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When we left school on Friday March 13, 2020, I never thought we would not be going back for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year. I remember being in a GHO with my department when Governor Cuomo announced NYS would continue remote learning through the end of the academic year. I was filled with mixed emotions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I would not get to say goodbye to my 8th graders that would be headed to the high school.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We would not have end of the year traditions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We would not have graduation for the class of 2020.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So many events & activities that "make up" the end of the year would have to be cancelled, postponed or revised.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">An escape for me has always been reading and books. It took me a couple of weeks in quarantine before I could settle my mind and focus enough to read. Once I started, I couldn't stop. My mental health has revolved around #Read4Fun and YA literature.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I also realized I would not be "physical moving" anywhere as much as I do in the classroom. I typically average 10,000 steps or more daily. Luck would have it that I had purchased a recumbent exercise bike just before everything was shut down. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I started "Reading & Riding" on an almost daily basis. I am currently up to an average of 6-10 miles while incorporating some small hand held weights. It is an easy ride, no Peloton workouts here, but it has kept my mind and body in a good place during the past few months.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We don't know where life will take us as we move forward. I hope you have found a way that works for you to maintain physical and mental health as much as possible during this difficult and challenging time we all face.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am including the picture of books I have enjoyed. Sometimes it helps me to see the books, because we often do judge books by their cover. I have divided them into adult reads and YA reads. I have not read any PD books at this point. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Stay safe.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Stay Healthy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Warmly,</span><br />
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Teresa Grosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607497959181041245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202811782024209192.post-53213097786442806552020-03-30T09:47:00.000-07:002020-03-30T09:47:49.024-07:00Introverts Are Struggling Too<h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dear Readers,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have always considered myself a more introverted personality. I enjoy my independent, quiet, alone time. However, even I am struggling during this time of social distancing. Some things I miss, that I used to do by myself, are.....</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Going to the library.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Going to Barnes and Noble.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Getting coffee.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Making a stop at At Home.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Running into The Loft.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These are difficult times for all of us in different ways. I am constantly reminding myself.....</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Be kind to yourself.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Be patient with yourself.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step away from the news and social media as needed.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Get rest.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Eat healthy.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Exercise.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Read.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Connect with others via phone calls, texting, Twitter, FB or GHOs.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Participate in chats. Try some new ones!</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I give myself permission to.......</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Know that this will pass.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Be thankful that my family and friends are safe and healthy.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope you are all finding your "new norm" and staying safe and healthy. To all our essential workers, thank you, my prayers are with you. </span></div>
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Honestly, I choose based on my interest level/passion and/or what I see people posting and reading on social media. The important aspect of the chat to me is the discussion itself. Whether you have a few or many people, it has been completely worth the investment. </div>
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First I would decide if you would like a slow chat (post throughout the week) or weekly chat (scheduled time to discuss). The bottom line is, you will never be able to meet the needs and schedules of everyone. </div>
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Since it is a book discussion and there is always so much amazing material to cover, I facilitate a 60 minute chat with approximately 8 questions. It is pretty fast-paced, but so much good discussion happens! I also run mine for approximately 4 weeks. </div>
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If you chose to do a 30 minute chat, you could potentially stretch it out longer than 4 weeks to whatever you feel is appropriate.</div>
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Should you opt for a slow chat, you can determine how many times per week you will post a question, quote, etc.</div>
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It has been an absolutely amazing experience working with authors over the years. They have graciously allowed me to use their books, participate in chats when they can and support the book study by helping me with promotion. Take a risk and contact authors! You will not know if you do not try!</div>
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In my experience, I have used the hashtags associated with the books I have chosen, with permission from the authors, with the exception of two titles. I created my own hashtags just for those book studies. </div>
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A suggestion might be to ask the author if you can borrow the hashtag for the book study. If not, be creative and make up your own! If you plug a # into the "search twitter" box it will let you know if it is already being used. If it is, try adding numbers or abbreviating words until you get one you like. All you have to do once you have it is start using it! Post tweets with the hashtag and you will start a feed. </div>
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There are a few resources I have used for choosing questions. The first is to read the book and create questions based off the reading. The other is to access websites (with permission from the authors) and borrowing questions that have already been created for book studies to be used with that particular book. In one instance, I had a study guide e-mailed to me upon request.</div>
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I try to create questions that are specific to the book, but also general enough that those who have not read the book can still participate. A favorite question starter is to pull quotes that stick out to you. I also try and post the questions ahead of time so participants can prepare if they wish to.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">One of my passions is picture books. I love having them in my classroom even though I teach middle school. I also have picture books in French and Spanish with the English version when possible. Satruday February 23rd, #PD4uandme is celebrating Children's Literature with a chat devoted to sharing titles! We hope you will join us!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am an avid reader, I read almost every day and usually carry a book with me. However, I run very hot and cold in the writing department. It is not always as enjoyable to me as reading so if it feels like something I have to do, I can fall away from it.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Next, I chose a format. Your PLN can be a treasure chest of recommendations! I went with Blogger in Google because it was easy for me.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Then, start writing! Write for YOU and make it your own! It can be personal or professional. I reflect a lot on instructional practices, both what went well and what did not. We can learn and grow from one another when we are honest and transparent.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Don't be afraid to hit the publish button. I was terrified the first few times and kept reading and rereading. I wanted it to be perfect. We can be our own worst enemy. Be kind to yourself! You can always go back and edit.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Finally, believe in yourself. People want to hear what you have to say. </span></li>
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Teresa Grosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607497959181041245noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202811782024209192.post-84121761158813830752018-09-06T15:49:00.000-07:002018-09-06T15:49:56.914-07:00Building Relationships Through Sketchnoting<h2>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First, I created my own get to know Ms. Gross sketchnote. In <b><i>real time</i></b>, it took me about 10-15 minutes.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As the students came in, I did a <b><i>formative assessment</i></b>. I made a sketchnote and asked them to tally if they had ever heard the word sketchnote, if they had ever created one and how they would describe it to someone. (None of them had heard of it or created one.)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used my anchor charts I had created last year. With permission from Carrie, I asked to recreate one of her slides from her video. It is a fantastic model of <b><i>icons</i></b>, <b><i>containers</i></b> and <b><i>topics</i></b>. </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then I played the video for them. We discussed how it is a way to <b><i>make your thinking visible</i></b>. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Afterward, we talked about the <b><i>icon library</i></b>. I explained to them that I think in words and language. When I first started sketchnoting I lacked icons and pictures. However, Carrie challenged me to add 5 icons, then 10, etc.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One way I used the sketchnote was to practice making <i><b>inferences</b></i> about me based on what they saw. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Before allowing them to get started, I explained the steps I went through in creating mine. (Started with my name using my favorite color, thought about hobbies, important people, favorite words and then added flowers and doodles.)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also commended them on being willing to take a <b><i>risk</i></b> and try something they have never done before!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally, we have a beautiful hall display for open house!</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When the end of the school year rolled around on June 22nd, I admit that I was excited for some time to recharge, relax and step away for the summer. I knew that I needed to plan some uninterrupted "me time" and really get refueled for the upcoming year. </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">meeting friends including my #CoffeeEDU Group</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">swimming</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">sketchnoting</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">spending time with a very special person in my life (and his family) </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As far as professional learning, I moderated/co-moderated #PD4uandme, responded to Paul O'Neill's (@PaulONeill1971) daily reflections and occasionally participated in his weekly #PLN365 chat, jumped in #LeadLAP after reading <i>Talk to Me</i> by Kim Bearden (@kimbearden) and connected with my PLN through voxer, to name a few. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now that summer is drawing to a close, I have started to think about heading back to school. How am I going to "balance" (I know some prefer other vocabulary, but when I think of my personal, professional, health, etc. lives I do think in terms of a balance.) the back to school craziness with my summer calm?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Life is so short. We have to make the most of the time we have. Over the years I have made some difficult decisions about who to keep in my life and who to distance myself from. As I have gotten older and gained more life experience, my perspectives have also evolved and matured.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It seems as though people who are unhappy in their own lives sometimes work so hard at trying to infiltrate others' joy. In order for us to maintain healthy relationships, we have to be able to identify those who do not wish the best for us and establish clear boundaries. This is not an easy task and sometimes it can be hurtful. The goal is not to hurt others, but to protect ourselves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My main focus is surrounding myself with people who uplift me, support me, encourage me and sincerely care about me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a former speech therapist and current literacy teacher, I teach my students that knowledge is power. As Steve Wyborney (@SteveWyborney) reminds us in his book <u>The Writing on the Classroom Wall</u><i>, </i>there are the same number of students and teachers in the classroom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have a wonderful start to the 2018-2019 school year! Thank you Jennifer Burdis for a fantastic read!</span></div>
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Teresa Grosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607497959181041245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202811782024209192.post-65180803507056141162018-08-07T05:58:00.001-07:002018-08-07T05:58:29.741-07:00Building Our Reading Lives: Sharing What We Are Reading<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dear Readers, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A couple of years ago I hung up a piece of chart paper in the book corner. We kept track of anything we read including independent reading books, whole class novels, articles, picture books, etc. As we filled it, we started a new one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another format we used was to organize the graffiti wall idea and create a chart of what we read.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Beth Houf (@BethHouf) gave me a fantastic idea! Post "What ______ is reading......." outside the classroom door. Her example was of staff members, but I thought it would be fun to have students do it too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a Leader in Me and Lighthouse School, we incorporate the Habits into our school community, including creating personal, classroom and schoolwide goals. We decided we were going to challenge ourselves to read a certain number of books, as a class, each quarter. It was wonderful to not only keep track of our reading lives, but to encourage others to read so we could meet our goal. </span></div>
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Teresa Grosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607497959181041245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202811782024209192.post-59832265181516321912018-08-06T10:39:00.000-07:002018-08-06T10:39:33.942-07:00Building Reading Lives: Speed Book Browsing<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dear Readers,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I think about heading back to school and planning for the first few weeks, one of my top priorities is how we will build our reading lives as a classroom community. Instead of writing one blog with many activities, I thought I would break it up and offer some of my favorites throughout the week. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the past, I have done a speed book browsing activity that I had seen many of my PLN members do. </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I take all the books (or as many as I can) from the book corner and put them in baskets according to genre. </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The students are divided into small groups and rotate from section to section. I put a timer on the board and play music. I use approximately one song per "round". Of course this can be adjusted if they need more or less time.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As they browse the books, they take their notebook with them and start to create a list of "Books I Would Like to Read". The idea is they will have some ideas for when they choose independent books.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have also seen Book Tastings where the room is set up like a restaurant. At the tables are books for the students to have a little "taste". This is a fantastic activity as you move through the school year because students can recommend books to one another.</span></div>
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Teresa Grosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607497959181041245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202811782024209192.post-69478358945556415022018-05-15T01:14:00.003-07:002018-05-15T01:14:40.545-07:00Getting Lost in Books<h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is that time of year..... we still have six weeks left of school, it has been a tough winter and both staff and students are tired. In addition, there are students who are not embracing the thought of a long summer vacation without the routine and structure of school, so behaviors have increased and patience is all the more important. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are days where I have to check myself throughout the day and remind myself to be calm, cool and collected. On top of all that, our 8th graders are getting ready to transition to the high school. Although they are ready, many of them say how they cannot wait to go to high school, there is also an underlying nervousness. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As Dan Tricarico (@thezenteacher) reminds us, we have to find those moments where we can take a breath and find that inner balance. Dave Burgess (@burgessdave) recently published a post in his blog, Surviving the Home Stretch, where Dan offered 5 possibilities for coping with end of the year stress. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the recommendations is to find that "One Good Thing". One of mine is reading. I recently read two books that really helped me escape the stress the end of the years brings and also remind me why I walk into my classroom every day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course if you have not read this gem, you really should! I read it for the 2nd time this past winter as a Voxer book study and we were blessed to have Dan join us and offer his advice, insights and positive attitude. It reminded me how important it is to take care of ourselves and be in a good place both mentally and physically. Our Voxer group still exists and it has become a great community full of love and support!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a "pirate-educator" I was absolutely thrilled when I learned the theme for teacher appreciation week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With permission from my principal, Dr. Darcy Smith, this is her Friday email sent May 4th.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Dave Burgess, teacher and author, wrote a book where he encouraged fellow educators to "teach like pirates." Teach like a pirate, you may wonder?????... No, he doesn't mean to steal materials from neighboring teachers' classrooms or to have naughty students walk the plank. His message centers on taking instructional risks in the classroom to engage and motivate students by being bold and fearless in the work of teaching and learning.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Nationally recognized Teacher Appreciation Day is next week. Because Pal-Mac Middle School Faculty and staff members are extra special, and in honor of the work of Mr. Burgess, at PMMS we will celebrate with a week of pirate-inspired fun and treats. Attached you will find the treasure map of plans made with you in mind, so you will know what you can expect.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Enjoy the weekend.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dave Burgess has certainly inspired me as an educator and my 8th grade class was thrilled when he visited with us this past December via GHO! Although he had so many fantastic messages, the following really stuck with us and made an impact....</span></div>
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Our week started today with a fun pirate message on everyone's door and a pirate themed faculty meeting complete with snacks and a treasure hunt. I cannot wait to see what else is in store for us!</div>
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HAPPY TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK!!!!!!</div>
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Teresa Grosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607497959181041245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202811782024209192.post-13028936458768781572018-03-30T02:00:00.000-07:002018-03-30T02:00:40.030-07:00Life is Not Always What It Seems<h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As children, the environment we grow up in and the people we are surrounded by is our reality and truth. We don't know any different. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The way we are treated, the words that are spoken to us, the actions that people take against us is the norm. It seems like that is how everyone grows up. Why would other households be any different? Aren't they all the same?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But then we do grow up and we realize this is not necessarily the norm. Actually, it might be very outside the norm. There is a period of time when we go from being children in a very controlled and isolated environment to adults living in an extremely large world. We begin to see our childhood through a completely different lens.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Part of that lens includes looking at people from a different perspective. People can hurt others in so many different ways. The easiest scars seen by most people are the visible ones. The marks that leave an imprint on the body. But what about the invisible ones? The ones that are just as damaging, but hide in the brain, the thoughts, the self-esteem?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My principal and I were talking recently about something we had read. That when you are out in the woods and a bear chases you you have that fight or flight instinct. You run. Your adrenaline is high, your anxiety is high and you literally are in a state of panic and fear. However, once you are safe again, your body "resets" itself and you return to a "normal" state.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What if you brought that feeling home with you every day? What if you lived in a constant state of anxiety and panic? What if that feeling never went away?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sometimes when people suffer from an addiction, such as alcoholism, their words, actions and behavior can overshadow what else is happening in a household. You see the person drinking, you hear the person being argumentative, you can smell it on them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But what about the person who is quiet about being abusive? The person who manipulates and plays mind games? The person who appears to be the victim, but is actually causing turmoil and anxiety in someone else's life? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sometimes when people are separated (just like with our students) you see them in a different light. You see their true self because there is nothing to hide behind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What about the victims in these situations? We keep quiet because that's what we are taught to do. We are ashamed, embarrassed, scared and isolated. We feel like we have nobody to turn to. We are scared. We think nobody will believe us. So we hide it. We learn coping strategies. We move through life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But then one day we grow up. We realize the way we were treated was not okay. We learn to speak up and speak out. We seek friendships and relationships outside that toxic circle that was our life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the process we distance ourselves from people we love and care about, but know our health and well being is essential. We make decisions others may not understand or agree with.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But we become healthier individuals in the process. We find ourselves outside of that circle of conflict. We learn that we have no reason to be embarrassed or feel ashamed or fear. We find amazing people to surround ourselves with. We build a life with loving, caring and supportive people who accept us for who we are. </span></div>
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Teresa Grosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607497959181041245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202811782024209192.post-45254916364803032972018-03-28T09:03:00.001-07:002018-03-28T09:03:15.633-07:00March Book Madness<h2>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My dear reading buddy, @kathyiwanicki, introduced me to March Book Madness this year and I have loved every minute of it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also created a poster size bracket. A student wrote the names of all the titles on Post-Its so we could move them around. I wrote down the number of people who voted for each book as the tournament went on so we could see if the majority of us voted for the winners.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even though we started a little late and did not read all the books (although some students had read a couple of titles or had heard of the books), it has still been a fantastic way to continue building our reading lives as an 8th grade Language & Literature Class. Now we are down to the final two!!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am so happy Kathy introduced this to me! I definitely plan on continuing this in the future! Happy reading everyone!</span></div>
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Teresa Grosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607497959181041245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202811782024209192.post-78559097287028241512018-03-11T09:37:00.000-07:002018-03-11T09:37:41.005-07:00#PD4uandme<h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My PLN sincerely means the world to me. I honestly do not know what I would do without these amazing people! I am so incredibly excited to announce a new learning community!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Katie (@Katiemc827) and I met about a year ago at our local CoffeeEDU and became fast friends. Since then, not only do we meet with our CoffeeEDU group, but I have attended an EdCamp she organizes and we meet virtually and in person to discuss one of our passions-professional learning. Her ideas, energy and love for education is infectious! We have shared many conversations about how to provide professional learning opportunities to meet different needs and learning styles. In fact, Katie even utilized our snow days and offered #PolarPD options. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Matt (@mlarson_nj) and I met about 6 months ago when we decided to develop a Voxer group as an extension of a professional reading hashtag. His ability to read, take notes and post them is truly inspiring! In addition, Matt and I have become book buddies and share our resources through good old-fashioned snail mail. Recently, him and I discussed the need to evolve and broaden the Voxer group to encompass more professional learning options and hopefully meet the need of more educators.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Who better to develop a professional learning community than with Katie and Matt? We are so excited to announce our new hashtag</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While it is definitely in the beginning stages of development, we would love for people to start posting, visiting and engaging in conversation using it! Please feel free to share p</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">rofessional resources such as books, podcasts, Youtube Channels, blogs, articles, anything you can think of!</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you have a favorite journal? Are there articles that are relevant to education today? Post them so people can build their toolbox!</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Warmly,</span></div>
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Teresa Grosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607497959181041245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202811782024209192.post-56212368635676466732018-03-09T15:30:00.000-08:002018-03-09T15:57:41.407-08:00Suffering in Silence<h2>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I think one of my favorite qualities about myself is I am a good listener. I sincerely listen to understand and not to problem solve, unless asked. In fact, it makes some people uncomfortable. The silence is not something they are accustomed to and they will often pause and say, are you there? (if on the phone) Are you okay? (if we are face to face) My response is, I am listening. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In social gatherings and situations, I tend to sit back and observe and listen. The introverted part of me has to take in my surroundings and process everything. I tend to read people very well. In fact a friend and I joke that I would make an excellent FBI Profiler. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">People have told me that I give off "good energy" or they like being around me. I am incredibly empathetic to those going through tough times and do not often find myself in a conversation I feel anxious talking about. Pretty much any topic is within my comfort zone. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I wonder why....when I am facing particular difficult times, I always choose to go it alone. There are plenty of people in my life who would support me, listen to me and be there for me. However it seems the more serious the situation, the more I retreat into myself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">About two weeks ago, I faced one of the scariest moments I have dealt with. I had to have an MRI done on my head. Not only did that terrify me, but I am also incredibly claustrophobic. It was a trying week to say the least. I honestly did not know how I was going to get through it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sometimes I think we keep things to ourselves in order to protect ourselves and those around us. If I did not talk about it, then it did not seem so real. If I did not dwell on the what ifs, then it did not seem so real. If I passed it off as everything is going to be fine, then I hopefully would not worry others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Walking into that room and seeing that machine literally took my breath away. I was trembling, I was freezing and my eyes were welling up. It did not get better as I was asked to lay down, then the tears started to fall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But the people were so good with me and helped ease my fears. They talked to me, worked with me and celebrated with me for making it through. I can never thank them enough nor will they ever know how much their kindness meant to me that day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Even better news came the next day when the office called and told me all was well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We can never truly know what is happening in someone else's life. People go through things every day we know nothing about. Sometimes we are living with a potentially life-altering "secret". Like me, sometimes people need time to think and process while others feel comfortable sharing right away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A sincere thank you to those who knew and were with me every step of the way and those that found out right after and have sent their love and good wishes since. We deal with life in different ways and I am so thankful I am surrounded by people that understand and accept me for who I am. They give me space when I need it and listen when I am ready to talk.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I received an email last summer from Evolving Educators requesting proposals for their 2018 4th Annual Tomorrow's Classrooms Today Conference.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Although I have been a teacher leader in many capacities, I had never submitted a proposal to present at a conference outside my home district.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I received confirmation that my proposal had in fact been chosen I was stunned. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I believe that all students are writers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A sincere thank you to Brad Currie, Billy Krakower and Scott Rocco for the opportunity to share my passion with other educators.</span></div>
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Teresa Grosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607497959181041245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202811782024209192.post-63138232968618229022018-02-08T14:34:00.000-08:002018-02-08T14:34:28.479-08:00POWER<h2>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What does the word POWER mean to you?</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It seems as though the concept of "power" is entering my world at every turn lately......discussions with students, curriculum writing, reading and interactions with others. </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is a theme rooted deep within our Language & Literature units. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is something that people can use in a positive or negative way. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Can be obvious or subtle. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Can be used to make people feel empowered or dismissed.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is standing up for what you believe in.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is having a voice for those who are unable to.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is maintaining your identity when others try to take it away.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is having an open mind and being non-judgemental.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is forgiveness.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is living your life with grace.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is reading.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is writing.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is speaking.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is listening. </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">People think if they have the last word, they have control over a situation. Power is the ability to have the second to last word.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">People think if they twist words around, they can manipulate and take advantage. Power is knowing what you believe to be true and believing in your words and actions.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">People think they can say whatever they want and call it being "transparent". Power is knowing the different between "transparency" and "bullying".</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Students will have to decide who has power and who doesn't, who seeks it and who resists it. (concept from TCRWP <i>Dystopian Book Clubs Reading Units of Study Grades 6-8</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was an ordinary day in my Language & Literature Class ( as ordinary as my class can be). Monday morning, AP coming in for an observation and a live newscast ready to go! To add to the excitement, I even had Lucy the therapy dog. I was ready.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mrs. Alexander ran in the room carrying a very cute, plush Yoda while waving a red lightsaber.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lucy got up and looked like, "Oh! This seems interesting, maybe we're going to play."</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mr. Scoppa then followed screaming that Mrs. Alexander stole his Yoda while waving a green lightsaber.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lucy decided, "I'm out!" and headed straight for the open door.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I ran behind the science lab table yelling, "Get her, Lucy!" and chased her into the hall.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I yelled to the kids in the hall, "Grab her, grab her!" Everyone just looked at me.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Meanwhile, a lightsaber fight was happening in my room and all of this was being recorded.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mrs, Alexander and Mr. Scoppa finished their lightsaber fight, resolved their conflict over Yoda and I informed them Lucy took as as they were leaving.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mr. Scoppa very kindly went looking for her and found her in her owner's room.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All of a sudden, Mrs. Baehr knocked on my door and had Lucy with her. She asked if I wanted her back. I explained what had happened. Mrs. Baehr said Lucy ran into her room like someone was chasing her.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mrs. Baehr's room is on the other side of the building, pretty much directly across from mine.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lucy barrelled out of my room.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Flew down the stairs.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ran down the main hallway.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hit the stairs on the other end.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ended up in Mrs. Baehr's room.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Recently, I read the Young Adult novel H2O by Virginia Bergin and was left pondering the clouds as I looked outside, listening to the rain a little differently as I heard it against the windows and considered puddles as I walked outside.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As my colleagues and I were going through the Dystopian Book Clubs by TCRWP (part of the Reading Units of Study) we kept going back to that plot line and central idea. It really helped facilitate some great discussion and thinking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you love science fiction, I would highly recommend it! See below for other titles from the sci-fi genre that I have enjoyed. Of course there are so many options! Happy Reading!</span></div>
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Teresa Grosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607497959181041245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202811782024209192.post-1244928849694986162018-01-15T14:57:00.000-08:002018-01-15T15:13:39.069-08:00Turn on Your "Thinker" and "Doodle Maker"<h2 style="height: 0px;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I LOVE creating Anchor Charts. Being a Literacy teacher, I am provided unlimited opportunities to make my thinking visible to students. However, over the past year or so I have fallen in love with sketchnoting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">While I am "self-taught" for the most part, most of mine included language, including quotes. I rarely added pictures to my charts. Here are a few from the beginning. I focused mainly on Twitter chats and informational books, particularly the Pirate Collection from @burgessdave and @burgess_shelley. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Then I started to make them more personal! This mission statement still hangs in my classroom today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It was during #DitchSummit 2017 that I met Carrie Baughcum (@heckawesome) as I was sketching my way through the sessions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Carrie's video, A Beginner's Guide to Sketchnoting has tremendously helped my students and I. I love how Carrie uses the term "Thinker" and her daughter uses "Doodle Maker". See link below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I showed it to a few of my classes, including 8th grade Language & Literature. It really made an impact on their understanding. A student was even talking about them using the language! (ex. containers)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I would highly recommend doing this. My hope is, now that they have a general understanding, they will add to our icon library. Carrie was also kind enough to allow me to duplicate her main points in her video. It was been incredibly helpful to have the language and examples right in front of us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I want to sincerely thank Carrie and her daughters for the inspiration and encouragement! If you have not checked out their videos, you are missing out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Also, check out their <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CLoWDGm_Kw" style="background-color: magenta;" target="_blank">January #IdeaFlood challenge</a>. It is a great "kick-start" into the world of sketchnotes! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you have not watched any of the videos that have surfaced this week regarding the Bills' win last weekend, check out the link here:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I grew up in a football family. We lived and breathed football whether it was high school, college or the NFL. I remember watching the Bills when I was younger, but never really felt a connection to them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">However, when I moved to Rochester about 17 years ago, I was integrated into a community like none I had experienced. Bills fans are loyal through the good and the bad, the ups and the downs, the wins and the losses. Their passion for their team truly is limitless. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have learned to ask people, "Are you going to the game Sunday?" instead of, "Are you watching the game Sunday?" When we have "jersey day" during spirit week or throughout the year, you can be sure people will be wearing their beloved Bills. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A video caught my eye earlier this week. It showed adults reminiscing about past wins and games. There were also parents who commented on the joy they felt about being able to watch a play-off game with their son or daughter and create new memories. The plane that brought the Bills home was greeted by many fans standing out in the snow and cold to greet their hometown heroes. The excitement in the homes and restaurants shown on the video made you want to jump up and down and scream too, whether you are a fan or not.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">They come together to celebrate their team regardless of whether it is at the stadium, in a restaurant or at someone's home. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">They support and encourage their team both when they are doing well and when having difficulty. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Year after year they come back. They never "write them off" because of a losing season or players' mistakes.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">They form traditions around the games with their families and friends.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I wonder, what if educators felt this way about the school community and their colleagues? There is much to learn from these devoted fans.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I wish you the best of luck today Buffalo Bills!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Teresa</span></div>
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Teresa Grosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607497959181041245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202811782024209192.post-67615544716658141802017-12-31T19:07:00.000-08:002017-12-31T19:43:21.271-08:00Personal Timelines <h2>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I live my own personal timelines. Some of them are linear and others are cyclic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For example, I consider the school year, which for me is September-June. I also consider the calendar year, which is January-December. I am sure most people can relate to those.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">However, there is another timeline that I also live by. I would consider it my "social-emotional" timeline. This one is very much cyclical.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For me it starts in June. It is a difficult month.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Father's Day</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Dad's Birthday</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My Birthday</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Last School of School</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Then I head into July-September which are pretty good months for the most part. It is summer vacation, I get to catch up on reading and then we head back to school. Football season is under way and the fall is upon us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">However, then I head into October-December. These are probably four of the most difficult months of the year for me.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">October 26th (my dad's anniversary)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">October 31st (Halloween-my favorite holiday)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">November-Thanksgiving</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">December 24th-Christmas Eve</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">December 25th-Christmas Day</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Throughout those months I must deal with holiday music, holiday shopping, holiday traditions, holiday gatherings, etc. Sometimes it feels like the time of year that never ends. There are moments when I am like, "How can it possibly be this time of year again? Weren't we just here?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It always passes as I know it will and January 1st comes with a sense of relief. I know I have been strong and made it through the holidays. I look forward to 5 months that are relatively void of painful memories.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now, some of you may think I am trapped in this timeline, but I view it very differently. I know that I am going to have mixed feelings during the holidays and sometimes I will be happy and other times sad. There will be times I need support from those I love and times I just need to be alone. I have moments where I can crank the holiday music and sing along and others where I blast hip-hop because I cannot stand to hear another carol.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am not sidelined because I am so intuitive to my own emotions, feelings and needs. I have skills and strategies to help me through the difficult times.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As I was thinking and reflecting tonight, it made me ponder.........do we ever consider this when working with students? Do we ever look at social emotional behavior as a progression or timeline for that student? Are students given skills and strategies to cope with those difficult months, weeks, days, etc. that they face?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">May you all have an amazing New Year and a wonderful start back to school. Remember, just as some students dread vacation, some are elated to come back!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Happy New Year!</span></div>
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Teresa Grosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607497959181041245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202811782024209192.post-61359087131274611192017-12-18T07:05:00.001-08:002017-12-18T07:05:55.196-08:00SCOPE Preview<h2>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"I Assumed My Students Knew What To Do"</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ever since I started using SCOPE Magazine a couple of years ago I have been hooked. I adore the articles, videos, visuals, etc. They are well researched, student friendly and high interest. I am not sure who is more excited when we receive the newest issue, the students or I.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One strategy we consistently do is to preview the latest issue. We spend a day browsing, chatting and predicting what we will be learning and reading about. I had an "AHA" moment this year when I realized, do all of my students know what previewing a text is? I determined that in fact, many did not.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I created a strategy list for them. First explaining, this is how I would preview an educational journal or any magazine I would pick up.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Look at the cover. Notice the titles, pictures, etc. What is typically located on the cover? The main feature of the article.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Look at the Table of Contents. We know SCOPE really well so we know what genres to look for. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Look at the text features as you browse. (titles, headings, subheadings, bold/italic words, maps, pictures/photographs, labels, captions, etc.)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We decided to sketchnote what we were looking forward to reading! Please see below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I then decided to spend some time previewing <i>Escape from Alcatraz</i>. We spent quite a bit of time using the Before Reading Resource from the teacher website. This is our thinking!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In another group we practiced finding evidence to support a claim provided by SCOPE. I love the "As You Read" questions or statements posted at the start of many articles. Why was Alcatraz considered an escape-proof prison?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As you know, Dave Burgess graciously visited our 8th Grade Language & Literature Class on December 6, 2017. Following the GHO we discussed character traits, themes, central ideas, mood and new learning. I hope you enjoy these heart-warming posts as much as I did! Enjoy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wednesday December 6, I got to talk to an amazing person Dave Burgess. He is a kind person with great attitude and energy. He talked to us about his life and what made him start writing books. We talked to him over google hangouts. We talked to him in our 8th grade Language & Literature class. Me and my class got an amazing opportunity and we took it and I am so happy we did. Dave Burgess is a very busy person and he took out time from his busy schedule to come speak to our class. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dave Burgess is energetic, grateful, kind and funny. He made me feel happy. The way he acts is awesome because he makes me feel the same way he does. Dave Burgess made me feel happy. He had a smile that was so contagious. I love the way he brought a mood into the room, how he just made us all smile and laugh. Before Dave became a writer and a publisher he was a teacher. Hoping to make a difference in the way he teaches in the classroom. Then it took a turn for the better. He started doing things I would only dream of doing. He was putting himself out there. Making it known that he wanted to do this and would not take no for an answer. I hope of doing that one day putting myself out there and making a difference. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dave Burgess taught me not to ever give up. He kept saying that we were, “ Stepping into something amazing.” Every time he would say that I would get so excited for the future ahead of me. I believe him! I think that we all could do something awesome. A theme he kept telling us was to never back down do what you want. I am so happy that we have the technology that we had to have this experience of a lifetime. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Something that has stuck with me was Dave saying, “ … you can change the world.” I love that because people like you and me can change the world. I would tell other people that what Dave does is so great. What he does can change someone's life. That is all I can say so good by and if you get a chance like this take it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Have you ever thought about how you wanted to do something but never had the courage to actually do it? Well you can! You just have to put your mind to it and give some effort. “You can change the world!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In our classroom we got some inspiring words from Dave Burgess. Dave Burgess is a famous author from San Diego, California. We had the opportunity to google hangout (GHO/video chat) with Dave Burgess for a whole class period! If you think about it we got a gift because most schools pay thousands of dollars to see this author and we got it for free. He decided to video chat with us for a variety of reasons. Mainly because he's a nice guy and wanted to say hi, but also to let us know more about himself and what he has done throughout his life. And oh I can't forget about the inspiring words of wisdom he wanted us to remember to help guide us through life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If I had to describe Dave Burgess I would say he is...excited, happy, kind, and outgoing. I would say this by the tone in his voice. He just has that kind of attitude that is always confident, energetic, and humorous. Which is a good person to be around. I feel like his mood/the impact he wanted to give off was to show inspiration, being determined, and grateful for everything.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dave Burgess presented to us a lot of background information about himself. He wasn't shy at all. He told us about his business life and his life in general. We learned so much about him. He told us about his life before his career now, which was teaching. He was a US social studies teacher. You could tell kids just loved him, especially his humor. People told him he could take his way of teaching to a whole nother level and way. So guess what? He did! He went above and beyond, and look how far he's come. All you have to do is be able to speak and write well and “you can change the world.” Over all he's a great guy and you should consider buying some of his books!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If there's one thing I can take away from the time talking to Dave Burgess is would be his inspirational words. He made me think. Think about how I can do so much more. And just in general have a better and positive attitude in life. He taught me that if someone doesn't like me, that's their problem and not mine. I shouldn't have to change anything about myself to make others happy...Just be yourself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Over all the central idea would be that if you want to do something and make something happen you can do it. You just need to be able to speak well and write well to be able to “change the world.” And also to never give up, just try your best!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A theme that I believed developed was that: in life you are faced with struggles and obstacles and try to solve them. He basically told us people may not like you or do something to make you feel like you can't do something but just always remember anything is possible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As you can tell Mr. Dave Burgess is a very cool guy. Lots of quotes have stuck out to me but my favorite was and is probably “If you are able to speak well and write well you can change the world.” This stuck inside my head because if you have a voice use it, just be yourself and </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> always</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> remember to make good choices because once you make one bad mistake you can never take that back. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Technology definitely has a big impact on our classroom. We have a classroom twitter page(@MsGrossLiteracy) And it helps us interact with educators all across the world with in seconds. It's very cool learning about different parts of the world and the culture and time differences. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Something that stuck with me is when he said that you can change the world. When someone says that it motivates me, To be a better person and general and to just view life at a whole different perspective. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If any other students are wondering about Dave Burgess message I would have to say</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It's very inspirational. He's a very good inspirational speaker. It honestly makes you realize things that you've never thought about. It's good to have those kind of people in your life to influence or guide you with tips to help you have a better life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In all I would have to say I'm glad that my class got to talk to Dave. It made an impact on my life even though it might not seem like it or might be weird to some people. But whatever because if you don't like me that's not my problem. I'm just trying to do what is right. Anyways Dave thank you so much!! Something so little like your words can mean so much to someone. What do you think? Do words mean something to you when people say them? Do they stick with you throughout your life?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When Dave started talking I admit, I was a little skeptical about it. This guy is sitting here all high energy. Let me remind you, it is wednesday morning at about 10:40 ish. Knowing me I was probably thinking about homework I forgot to do. So here I am, listening to some “crazy” pirate guy. Dave lives in California, he has 2 kids, and was able to google hangout with us. When this happened I can almost assure you, we were all amazed or inspired in some way. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The room felt magical. He was funny, kind and very energetic. Dave told us all about his business and how he got where he is now. Dave talked about how he is “killing” the other publishing companies. This makes sense.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I took a lot from that day. When I say a lot, I mean a lot. He taught me a lot about life, even though he didn’t focus on life itself, he talked about dreams and goals. I realized that my dreams are big enough, I shouldn’t have to run from them, if they aren’t big enough that you aren't scared enough to chase them, make them so big, you are scared to even think about them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One quote that really stuck out to me, and made me think, is, “If you have an idea, if you have the ability to speak well, the ability to write well, you can change the world.”-Dave Burgess. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It reminded me of another quote, a good one, “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people just exist.” -Oscar Wilde. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">See now, Dave is really living, he is making the world something new, something exciting, something fun, he makes learning fun. The theme of this was to show us what he does/did for a living. I took away something else, as I said, he probably inspired everyone in this room, no matter what, they will not admit it, I am. I am happy he was able to “hangout” with us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hello! I am a student in Ms. Gross’ class and on the 6th of December we talked to Dave Burgess over Google Hangout. Our presenter presented to us over google hangout and it was a very rare and great experience to have him virtually come into our classroom. Dave joined us to present to us about the good of school and showing your voice to the world and many other inspiring things. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dave Burgess was very outgoing and enthusiastic. The mood of the presentation was upbeat and very happy and that is what made it so fun. Well, we have followed Dave on Twitter for over a year now and he has given us some background information that has led us up to the point. He has talked to us about the things that he did with his publishing company and how if you don’t like something you can do something about it and change it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I learned that I can stand up and use my voice to do anything in this word and a kid like me can make a change. The central idea was that us even at the age we are and even in the upcoming years no matter what we can make a change and do anything we want. A very important theme that I saw was “with a few simple things you can achieve anything.” Some things that Dave said to us was very inspiring like “If you can speak and stand up you can do anything you chose to do.” Also that, “we are our biggest enemy so we have to listen to our gut and go with what we think is the best.” With having Twitter we can communicate with people from across the world and they can tell us interesting things and then we can tell then things. And in our classroom we use Twitter to communicate with people and talk to them and tell then what we do in our classroom. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As you can see, Dave Burgess was very inspiring to me and the things he said made me want to so something in this world to make it better. I may not know what I will do now but eventually I will find something and do it. I would say to other people about Dave is that he he is very outgoing and enthusiastic about his work and loves to inspire other people about his work. Dave Burgess inspired me so much and I would love to hear him speak again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hi, I am a student from Ms.Gross’s class on Wednesday December 6th, 2017 our class was very lucky and got to talk to a very energetic, kind, and awesome guy. The guy that we talked to was named Dave Burgess. Dave Burgess lives in California, we talked to him on an app that allowed us to see him on a computer screen and we were able to talk to him and ask questions. We had Dave Burgess present to us and he talked to us about his books and his life, he also talked to us about when he was a teacher, his kids, and much more. Our class was very lucky to have him talk to us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On Wednesday when Dave Burgess talked to us he was very energetic when he was speaking to our class, he seemed very excited to talk to our class. Also, he was very kind his words were very strong and caring, and they were very inspiring words. Well he was speaking to us he seemed very happy throughout the whole presentation. Dave Burgess talked to us about his kids and what grades they were in, he has a daughter in 9th grade which is a freshman and he has a son that is a junior in 11th grade, he told us what they like to do and much more about his kids. Also, he talked to us about when he was a teacher and if he liked being and author or a teacher better.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There were many things that I learned when our class talked to Dave Burgess. One thing I learned that Dave Burgess said was that “If you can speak and write well you can change the world” this was one of my favorite things that he said because of how true it is. The theme while talking to Dave was everything is possible because he said if your good at writing and speaking then you can change the world. Technology in our classroom has benefited us a lot and gives us such a lucky chance to talk to some very special and important people. We are very lucky to get the opportunity to talk to these authors and other people around the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One thing I heard that stuck in my head well talking to Dave was when he said “If you can speak and write well you can change the world” this was very inspiring and was one of my most favorite things that he said well talking to out class. Dave is very inspiring and energetic, he was very nice and caring and he was very honest well he was talking, I loved talking to him and being able to have the chance to talk to Dave was awesome. His words were so strong and meant alot! Dave Burgess was a very AWESOME speaker to our class!!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A very inspirational and successful speaker talked to our class on wednesday. He talked to us using Google Hangout. His name is David Burgess, Dave is from San Diego California and he is a publisher and educator, he is also a famous speaker. He joined us to talk to us about how he became successful and to answer questions we had about him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dave Burgess is a very energetic, humble, inspirational and resilient man. During his presentation he said, “if you are a good communicator you can become successful… never quit.” these are the words of a very resilient and inspiring man. Also throughout the presentation he kept the mood very humble and kind he also made sure there was a humorous touch. He told us that he has a wife and is from San Diego.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">During this presentation I learned that to become successful you need to have good communication skills and also you can never give up no matter what. The idea of this whole presentation was just to follow your dreams and to never quit. And the theme is in life people struggle with problems and try to solve them, because he talks about not giving up and in order not to give up you need to solve your problems. Technology has changed the feel of our classroom a lot for example without the technology of google hangout we would have never heard Dave Burgess talk to us. Also we are constantly getting tweets on our classroom that allow us to connect with other educators and stay open minded. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One quote that has stuck with me after this presentation is never give up. I would tell other students that Dave Burgess is an amazing speaker that is very humble and inspirational. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On Wednesday, December 6th my class and I got the chance to talk to Dave Burgess. Dave Burgess is an author and a co-owner of a publishing company. Dave was all the way in California while we were in New York.The way we were talking was over a GHO and it was pretty cool.Dave joined us to talk to us about what we should be prepared for and about himself.He has been following us on our class twitter page and we got to know him pretty well so he decided to talk to us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dave Burgess is a very energetic, knowledgeable, caring, thinker, and determined.The mood of the entire interview was inspirational because he was telling us how to do business with the tools we have.Like how to use social media to promote ourselves to the public.Some background information he gave us is about how he started his career.The information he gave us is how he started as a teacher.Then someone said he should write a book about his ways he teaches, but he didn't like the way the publishing company was.As a result of that he created his own publishing company called </span><a href="http://daveburgessconsulting.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://daveburgessconsulting.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Something I learned from the GHO with Dave is that if I can speak and write well than I can change the world. One of the central ideas of the interview was how to spread your idea. One thing he said that stuck out to me was “If you have an idea, if you have the ability to speak well, to write well, you can CHANGE THE WORLD!”. Technology has changed the classroom by connecting us to people around the world who we have things in common.We have gotten feedback from the people that follow us on twitter and that has helped around the classroom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On wednesday the 6th on December, we were on a google hangout call with Dave Burgess. He is a author and was a teacher. He writes books about being a pirate and how to be one. He is a uplifting person with a good personality. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dave Burgess is a outgoing, energetic, and kind person. Dave was telling us stories, he gave us advise, and told us about his books. We were talking to him and he was talking back to us, we listened to everything he was saying and took it serious. He wasn’t all fun and games the whole time. Of course he was serious and gave us knowledge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We learned from him to make the right choices. He was talking to us right from his backyard! A quote that stuck with me, or made me think was,“If you have an idea, if you speak well, if you write well, you can change the world!” Technology has changed life in the classroom and the world. Technology in the classroom has changed us, for example we talk to people across the world. We can contact people across the world, and send things to people. This is a good experience for us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This was a good experience for all of us. We really appreciate it. We learned cool things from that day. I think we can all say we enjoyed this. Dave Burgess said a lot of very inspiring things to us that stuck with us and will stick with us. We created a great memory!</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There are many people who look at life as a challenge to overcome, others see it as an impossible game that they can’t win. People like Dave Burgess take the time to help others and to inspire those who need it. Dave had many opportunities to fall under peer pressure in his career and now he is living a happy life with his family in California because of his determination of his career. Dave skyped us and told us some of his stories about motivation to inspire us to continue doing what we are good at.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dave had a tone of caring and experience helping people that need it. Dave related his topics to previous times in his life and of his teaching experiences. Dave was humorous while delivering a serious presentation. He was a wonderful storyteller and included many emotions while telling them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The central idea is to persevere even when you want to give up and continue to affect those around you positively. A quote that he said was,”If you have an idea, if you have the ability to speak well, to write well, you can change the world.” He uses this quote to inspire people to use their situations to their advantage. Everybody who has made a difference in the world has done so with words and their voice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dave Burgess has taught me to try to speak out even if others don’t agree with you. Dave has had an influence on so many people’s lives and made a difference in the world. To all you out there, if brought the opportunity to meet him you should embrace it and learn from him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Recently, me and my fellow classmates have had the amazing opportunity to chat with Dave Burgess. Dave Burgess has created his own company which is now outselling all of the big company’s. Dave was talking to us right in his backyard thanks to technology. We had used Google Hangouts to talk with him all the way from California To New York. Dave chose to present to us to tell us his story of how he went from teacher to millionaire. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dave was very fun to watch present. He made his presentation exciting by being energetic and crazy. He would start to talk about a topic and get really worked up about it and that made the presentations a lot more fun. When Dave was being energetic, he was making us more energetic and happy. He made the whole classroom happy and upbeat. Dave told us a lot about his own life. He told us about his career before he made his own business. He told us about how he was a teacher and what he used to do in his classroom with his kids. He also told us about what he would do at the conferences that he went to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dave taught a lot to me and the rest of the class. “If you have a idea, if you have the ability to speak well, to write well, Than you can change to world.” This is one of my favorite quotes. It’s telling us that no matter what you're conditions you can change to world. If your family is poor, you can write articles for the paper and get yourself out to the world. He also taught us to persevere. It took him a long time to make his company and make it big. And through this whole time, he never gave up. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One major theme that popped into my head over and over again was, everyone has the power to change the world. One of the most amazings things about this talk with Dave was how we were talking to each other even though we are in NY and Dave lives in California. This was possible thanks to the technology, we used GHO (Google Hangouts) to talk with him. And in our classroom we also use Twitter to talk with other people all around the world. We have a friend in the Philippines who we sent presents back and forth to, we also have a friend who lives in Australia. We chat with these people all the time thanks to the internet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Have you ever Googled yourself? What would you find? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It reminded me of another powerful message heard earlier this year when coach and motivational speaker, Scott Fitch, came to speak during a school wide Morning Meeting. He too spoke about the power of using social media to make connections and build a positive profile of yourself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On the other hand, Coach Fitch also talked about the repercussions of posting without thinking and the negative profile you might be building. He told us stories of students who were denied jobs, scholarships or admission to universities because of what was found on their "digital footprint".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After his presentation, I thought about something he had said, how he had Googled his players' names to see what kind of social media trail they were leaving behind. Out of curiosity, I decided to Google a few of my students. Luckily, nothing inappropriate showed up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As middle school students will, some of my 8th graders turned the tables around and decided to search me out! It led to an extremely interesting and fun class last Friday. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We had a modified schedule and therefore only a 20 minute class period. What I thought was going to be a lesson in blogging turned into a lesson in social media. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">One of the students commented that she tried to find me and stumbled across my Twitter feed. I asked if she looked at it and she said yes. My comment was, I post knowing students, parents, administrators and colleagues have access to it. I always think before I post anything. What I suggested, actually, was that she check out our class Twitter page. The primary focus is our classroom, it might be more interesting for her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My Facebook page was also brought up. My response was it is locked pretty tightly, it is not accessible to the public and I rarely share on it. Perhaps once a month I might add something. It's primary use is really for me to follow others and see the photos of their lives. Therefore, I choose to keep it private.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Just in those two examples, they were able to see a model of a platform I keep private and one that is open to the public. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This prompted one of the other students to image search me. Much to my amazement a ton of profile pictures popped up! She was searching through them and asked me about them. I explained anytime I change my picture or someone adds my picture to a guest blog post, etc. then I am associated with it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I noticed one of my students holding up his phone and his eyes darting back and forth between me and the screen. Finally, I said what? He said, I was trying to figure out if this was you or not." I said, "Bring it over here." Much to my surprise, this is what I found.......</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I had completely forgotten about this! I admitted, yes it was. They were commenting on how blonde my hair was, which was entertaining, and naturally the crown on my head. I said that was a funny story. I was recognized a few years ago as a Champion of Literacy by an intervention company and was presented with the crown, a certificate and flowers at a faculty meeting (arranged by the company) that I knew nothing about. In addition to this, there was a small write-up in the local paper and I was entered into a contest to receive a free trip to the conference. The catch was, I had to post a picture wearing the crown and with the flowers and certificate. The focus was not on the recognition, but rather the embarrassing moment at the faculty meeting and then a colleague bringing in the newspaper with my photo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What a natural way to not only build relationships, but grab onto a completely, 100%, real-life teachable moment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I let them do a little investigative work. Then a student asked me about this.......</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I told her it was a profile. She asked me about "She, Her, Hers". I explained they are pronouns I identify myself with. Some people are born into a female body and identify as female or a male body and identify as male. However, some people are born into a female body and identify as male or a male body and identify as female. It caused the class to pause and think. Then one student said, I was born female and identify as female and another said I was born male and identify as male. That was as far as our conversation went because the class period ended at that moment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As a Language & Literature Teacher, Reading Specialist and Speech Therapist, I see myself as a positive role model for reading, writing, speaking, building language and vocabulary, as well as listening. I realized, more than ever, that I am also a positive role model for social media. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This weekend, I decided to Google image search myself and just in the first batch of photos there were 77 that I immediately recognized as either profile pictures, Tweets I have posted, posters I have created for various reasons and visuals from my classroom. In the second batch I counted 22 images. That is a total of 99 images that immediately came up associated with my name. (Of course, they were dispersed among others having no connection to me, but I was still a little shocked at that number.) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There is power in using social media. I personally believe, it is part of my job to integrate it as much as possible into our classroom. Getting our class Twitter page off the ground took work, patience and instruction for my students. However we have made connections that would have been impossible! Not just "one and done", but have built relationships that have lasted for a couple of years! They have had the opportunity to participate in a live chat moderated by students in a town within New York State. How cool is that? They have received postcards from the Philippines! I am so grateful for the amazing educators who have allowed us to be part of their classrooms and lives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In reality, I taught myself most of what I have learned. I was that motivated and determined to figure "it out". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">However, I decided to pull out any professional resource I owned that even mentioned the use of social media and this is what I came up with.......</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Those are 14 titles that encourage educators to "get in the game" and become connected educators. Of course, my mind automatically then grouped these in two more piles.......</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On the left are resources that support social media with students in some way or fashion, on the right are books geared more towards adults. As Dave Burgess says in Twitter Tip #127, it is our responsibility to become "digital citizens" and share our stories!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>"You have amazing ideas and experiences that are unique to you and your path as an educator. And what you have to add to the conversation may be exactly what someone needs to hear. Share everything!"</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>"We change lives. We literally save lives. We need your contributions. We need you to share your special perspective and to add your voice to this ongoing discussion centered on transforming the world into a better place. We are so glad you're here!"</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I shared this belief with my students. I told them how Dave encourages educators to share and have a voice in their field. I told them you need to do the same. You are important. You have ideas. You have a voice. It needs to be heard! Would my message be as strong if I was not out there doing it myself? Why should my kids blog if I myself am not blogging? Why should my kids listen to me about positive digital footprints if I myself have little to no knowledge of the world of social media?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A page in <u>P is for Pirate Inspirational ABC's for Educators</u> by Dave & Shelley Burgess that resonates with me, is the "C" is for crew.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the amazing and connected world we live in today, why would we choose to not share? To not connect? To not collaborate? To remain isolated? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our students live in a world where what used to be the impossible (or very far fetched) is now possible. The walls of classrooms and schools extend world wide. They have access to unlimited resources. So do we. If we take the jump, be risk-takers and dive in. There is an entire world waiting for us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I hope you take some time to look at these wonderful resources on becoming connected educators and bringing the world of social media into your classrooms. Just try one thing! You will be amazed how much you will love it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Warmly,</span></div>
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