The Unessay Experiment: Moving Beyond the Traditional Paper via Faculty Focus bit.ly/3g4afzl #CreativeFinalProjects #TheUnessay

My #unessay assignment based on @cjdenial produced so many interesting projects! UCR CHASS UCR Department of History There were board games about slavery; graphic novels on Ona Judge's life, connections to #MMIW, meals, blackout poetry, juliette levy invented sources, and #Minecraft projects

Powerful session today by Efraín Tovar, M.A.Ed  on supporting English learners. HE was so right "Every ELL has a story to tell!" As a former English learner, I still remember some of the challenges I faced! Thank you for sharing such great strategies! #WeAreCUE

Here's a great resource from @cjdenial on the SOCC process of analysis she uses to slow down her students to get them to think deeply about primary sources #TeachHist21 catherinedenial.org/blog/uncategor…

Totally going to teach students to annotate by annotating my syllabus next year! #TeachHist21 @cjdenial

Here's a Wakelet 💙 collection of the tweets during the @cjdenial keynote at #teachhist21 #cvtechtalk wke.lt/w/s/V9vVUO

W. Student created art with annotations... Impact of WWI connecting the arts and history #TeachHist21 ramosworld.weebly.com/post-wwi-thing…

Two truly energizing days with this amazing group of TUSD educators kicking off 2021-2022! #TUSDELA Tustin Unified School District

“We need to make the positive so loud, that the negative is hard to hear.” 🙌🏻 George Couros excited to be inspired and rejuvenated by your “stories” #thisistusd

What are the stories you want to tell about your classroom, about your school? #ThisIsTUSD Tustin Unified School District

“Learner driven, evidence informed” George Couros #ThisIsTUSD

“Are we the obstacle or the pathway?” George Couros Tustin Unified School District #ThisIsTUSD

Ranking story conflicts to find out what the story is REALLY about Greenwood Forest !! Angela Mahal Katie Morris Klein ISD Sammantha Mann TCRWP

"Don’t wait for it to be too late to share a kind message. You will be amazed at how simple, heartfelt words can improve relationships with your peers and change the culture and environment for the entire school." Gratitude for Those Closest in Our Lives buff.ly/3BotxcE

The lack of student decision-making and agency is compounded when students are constrained by the teacher’s choice of subject and the lack of an authentic audience for their writing. hubs.la/H0ZGMCd0 @pennykittle Kelly Gallagher

Loved seeing a celebration of not only students’ final published writing, but also the PROCESS as well. 📋s in the hallway Bedwell Elementary School showcase 4th grade Realistic Fiction stories with drafts tucked behind! 🤩 TCRWP #tcrwp #writingworkshop #unitsofstudy

I've come down with the #unessay bug that's been going around. Symptoms include: renewed end-of-the-semester energy, warm fuzzy feelings of pride for one's students, and an acute desire to proselytize about the assignment. Here's a thread of some reflections...