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Flipping the classroom together—from 3,000 miles away

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The pair joined forces in 2012 after Morris, who teaches sixth grade English and History at Del Mar Middle School in Tiburon, Calif., The kids are different every year,” said Morris, “so it doesn’t make sense to take the old course outline, copy it, and start from Point A.”. was introduced to the flipped learning concept. “I

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The Things I Did Badly: Looking Back on My First Five Years of Teaching

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Not taking advantage of research on pedagogy It’s curious: as a graduate student in history, I was trained to maintain the highest evidentiary standards in my scholarship, to situate my research in a body of existing literature, and to scrutinize every claim I made for any possible error. to 5:00 p.m. What is the final exam worth?”).

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Redesigning the Syllabus to Reflect the Learning Journey

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History Teacher and Department Chair Bryan Hunt was the second teacher at our school to adopt learning journeys. History built on Venngage in 2017. A learning journey takes the place of a syllabus, a course outline, and a scope & sequence document in an eye catching way,” he says. Image Credit: Mark Engstrom.

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The Things I Did Badly: Looking Back on My First Five Years of Teaching

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Not taking advantage of research on pedagogy It’s curious: as a graduate student in history, I was trained to maintain the highest evidentiary standards in my scholarship, to situate my research in a body of existing literature, and to scrutinize every claim I made for any possible error. to 5:00 p.m. What is the final exam worth?”).