W/ a day of benchmarking and test administrator training, everyone needed a happy hour! Sonic Drive-In 1/2 price drinks to the rescue, which then turned into a game of #HappyHour Guess Who! #Teachers had to get the drink order right, and use the right Bitmoji! 🤣 stem2prep

Our district is ready to venture into the unknown with SpaceX Thank you Elon Musk for such an incredible opportunity! Can’t wait to see what is in store for stem2prep students! #spacex HCISD #STEMforAll #STEMeducation

Human connection and the feeling of being seen and supported are most likely to motivate students to lean into learning. 4Ps Framework: A Conferencing Strategy for Online, Blended, or Concurrent Classes catlintucker.com/2020/12/4ps-co… #Adminchat #edchat #blendedlearning #onlinelearning

I made my first Poetry Picture Puzzle Reveal #pixelart activity with Google Sheets.  Thank you Eric Curts for inspiring me with your Educational Duct Tape podcast episode with Matt Miller 🗑️ Grab a copy in the comments. Google for Education #googleet #GoogleSheets

I’m super excited to have additional STEM academies within HCISD Congrats Travis Elementary and Rodriguez Elementary on the designations! 🥳🎉👏

When you get to do cool things at work! #SN15 getting ready for launch! stem2prep SpaceX Elon Musk #STEM #edtech

This is such a great tool for argumentative writing! Lots of room for initial responses and even more room to respond to peers! It’s also good way to keep the early finishers engaged.

If you are an administrator at a PLTW school, Rocco Barletta and I created this PLTW Administrator "Look-Fors" Tool to help you make sense of what's happening in PLTW classrooms. drive.google.com/file/d/1jyk02q…

Yesterday my 8th stem2prep graders worked on a “find some one who..” activity and loved every minute of it! Building connections and relationships. We are learning to socialize and be students in a classroom again #HCISDBackToTheFuture #HCISD #connectionsbeforecontent

Jennifer Leal, STEM² Preparatory Academy 7th/8th grade Language Arts and Reading Teacher #HCISDReads #AuthenticEdu

A1: I want to help grow the next generation of aspiring leaders, critical thinkers, & voracious readers in our community. I want to have the impact on the lives of my students that my teachers did when I was growing up. I do this because it is a calling! #HCISDReads #AuthenticEDU

A2: Even though our paths may not cross directly with all students, we can impact each other with small gestures, acknowledgment, and empathy. #HCISDReads #AuthenticEdu

A3: Every year I’ve blessed w/a student(s) who really needed me. Ones who challenged or changed me. I’ve a note taped on my comp says “Do it for the … “ as a reminder they are the ones who need us the most. They bring “Blessons” blessings & lessons #HCISDreads #AuthenticEDU

A Top 10 finish for Ayianna Olivas at the Texas Tech High School Classic!! 🏃‍♀️

I love this!!! Thank you for a wonderful idea Linda Rief

Currently meeting with readers for some mid-year assessments?It can be “just an assessment” or “a really powerful conversation”Here are some ways to bring those interactions to life and make the most of an opportunity to meet one in one with students. #reading #tcrwp #assessment

Teach them to find beauty in the ordinary moments.

If you want to create custom wordles, I made a template using Google Sheets 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 You can get a copy here: tinyurl.com/wordlesheet Hope it's useful!

Multimedia storyboards are great way of visualising narratives or analysing scenes. Students can: ✍🏼 Add digital drawings or photos. ⌨️ Type concise captions & titles to tell the story. 💬 Record audio analysis / character dialogue / sound effects. 👇 Before & after. #edtech

Feedback is a key element for Ss to grow as learners- Without it, they can only approximate what they have learned. What’s your favorite way to give #feedback? Here are some of my favorite tips 📝 #LiteracyTipTuesday #RSDreading #RSDwriting