Ever wonder why one teacher struggles so much with a student and others don’t? Almost always it is about the relationship the teacher has built w that student. Building anything valuable takes time. Invest in building relationships before content. #thatonekid

Teacher evaluations are pointless. We all know who is not pulling their weight in our buildings, individuals well skilled at weaponized incompetence that goes on just because we need a warm body. Let's not play pretend. We're grown here.

Weaponized Incompetence . . .

I don’t know, man, maybe some dudes from the 1700s who owned people and would be mystified by the sight of a dishwasher weren’t right about everything in perpetuity

Am I sorting or supporting? I didn't like my answer, so I changed my practice. With Rubrics, I found myself sorting (grading-focused). So, I quit sorting and started supporting. Criteria>Met/Not Yet>FEEDBACK>Response>Growth (learning-focused). Teaching is supporting.

Will my kids master content/skills? Maybe. Someday. Mastery is a long road paved by relevance, and I'm not sure if the "what/how/why" of now will be so then. Time will tell. For now, I just want them to find themselves in their learning, so they come to master their agency.

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

Yes, there likely is fault in my latest innovation. Actually, kinda countin’ on it; otherwise, it wouldn’t be much of an innovation. We don’t innovate to land on good; we innovate to take a leap at better, which inevitably leads to our next leap. Innovation is inspiration.

In four hard-fought sets, Sauk Prairie knocks off Wisconsin Lutheran, 20-25, 25-19, 25-20, 25-20. The Eagles are headed to championship match for the first time in program history! 🦅 #wiaavb Sauk Prairie HS Sauk Prairie Activities

I’m seeing a growing number of students complain: “My grade doesn’t reflect the effort I put into the course.” Public service announcement: You don’t get an A for effort. You earn it for excellence. Success is measured by the level of mastery you show, not how hard you work.

I’m seeing some discouraging things around ChatGPT: 1.Schools blocking it 2. New apps promising to determine “cheating using ChatGPT Can we move past surveillance and rethink what school means in an age of AI?

To think that #ChatGPT will be the only AI capable of doing academic work is to bury our heads in the sand. Blocking it is ridiculous. Accept it and embrace it.

Students using ChatGPT is NOT plagiarism. It IS technological creativity. Don’t we want our students to have “21st century skills?” Part of that is utilizing tech advancements to create more efficiency and foster quicker growth.

A long and interesting article on Chat GPT - thestar.com/news/gta/2023/… #sblchat CAFLN #TG2chat

Using a calculator isn’t cheating. Using spellcheck isn’t cheating. Using Google isn’t cheating. Using audiobooks isn’t cheating. Using #ChatGPT isn’t cheating. Let’s stop trying to catch kids cheating and start creating authentic assignments they won’t want to cheat on.

I asked ChatGPT to write a sarcastic tweet about banning ChatGPT in education. I think I hit a sore spot.

We once considered banning Google, because teachers feared students would google answers. The answer was, if students could simply google answers, you better reconsider your questions. ChatGPT goes beyond that. We will need to teach differently. #Edchat

The recent #ungrading conversations I've had in schools keep coming back to the key idea that changing how you grade without changing how you teach can actually hinder efforts at making systems more equitable + just, especially if the "why" for the changes is poorly communicated.

Let’s go Bucky! #familynightout #Badgers