Sweat to inspire
By Todd Bloch
7th Grade science teacher sweating to inspire the next generation ...ideas about education to inspire thought and action.
Sweat to inspire Feb 18, 2019
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Listen to hear!
We need to make sure we hear others
Jun 25, 202008:33
There are opportunities in learning
What are opportunities in our situation for learning
Apr 03, 202004:12
Schools closed? NO shifting!!
Our schools aren’t closed! The building are but the staff is working diligently to shift services!
Apr 01, 202005:15
Is it graded?
Stop worrying about the letter on a piece of paper and focus on learning!
Mar 30, 202006:09
The New Normal
Education is changing to a new normal.
Mar 25, 202004:30
Our moment to shine
In this every changing world Now is the time for educators to shine, inspire and help move students towards the culture of learning
Mar 13, 202004:35
Strange days
Reflections on the world today!
Mar 13, 202004:02
Kobe, legacy and me
Thoughts on #24
Jan 28, 202007:09
Is the teaching profession sustainable?
Pondering a twitter question
Jan 21, 202008:20
Time to Shift EDU
We need to shift education into the 21st century.
Dec 03, 201906:23
Do we take ourselves too seriously?
As I watch my 15 yo loose passion for education due to homework over the holiday I wonder: do we take ourselves too seriously?
Dec 01, 201905:32
Focus on steps to the goal not the goal
Students so often focus on the end result that they don’t worry about the steps to get there. Help them focus
Nov 23, 201906:45
Basketball tryouts
Reflections after day 1 of my son’s basketball tryouts
Nov 19, 201905:35
3- Levels of PD inspirations, perspiration and Grind
Talking about types of PD
Nov 11, 201906:16
We are talking Homework!
Rethinking homework
Nov 01, 201903:35
Tardy
Why are students late
Oct 15, 201903:29
Money in education
Seems like so many fund raisers in schools today, are we limiting opportunities due to economics?
Oct 08, 201905:10
Recruit and retain educators!
Ideas to recruit and retain best and brightest in education
Oct 04, 201907:40
Teachers forced to act like porn stars? #clearthelist #equity #thisisamerica
There are huge inequities in funding for classrooms so many educators have gone to social media to publish lists of their needs. Time to fix educational funding this is sad!
Aug 05, 201906:17
Edutwitter reflection
Reflection on attack’s on edutwitter
Aug 01, 201906:21
Developing a making mindset
It is important to allow our students the opportunity to develop a making mindset
Jul 29, 201904:17
Teachers aren’t saviors ....
Teaching is a hard challenging job. Many feel teachers are saviors but we aren’t. Sure saving happens from great teaching but that is a side effect.
Jul 23, 201906:42
Kathy Dooley Thank you! #queereye #netflix
Watched Netflix Queer Eye season 4 episode 1 and saw a familiar face. I grew up in Quincy IL. And Kathy Dooley was my choir director in church.
Jul 22, 201905:04
Innovations by teachers
Remember many innovations fail, how do we support innovations in our schools
Jul 18, 201906:10
Need for diversity of instruction
One size doesn’t fort all, remember tos mix up instructional styles for your students
Jul 17, 201906:24
Extra credit? Time to be a thing of the past!
Why do some thrashers give extra credit? Is this practice outdated l, shouldn’t it be part of the past!
Jul 11, 201905:45
What! You’re not going to college?
Perceptions and ideas around college/ career training
Jul 10, 201906:32
Acknowledging that I am Old and White!
Pondering diversity being old and white.
Jun 28, 201907:37
Debt free college education?
There are many question around the 2020 political platforms that propose debt free college.
Jun 25, 201905:48
Red for Ed Rallies
Present in spirit today
Jun 18, 201904:06
Message to my departing 7th graders
Last day message to my students
Jun 14, 201903:49
Data-that 4- letter word
Data is important but be careful how we use it!
May 30, 201906:26
Class size matters!
When we are talking about classroom instruction, class size matters!
May 19, 201916:34
Advice to School of Education Graduates
Advice to recent school of education graduates on finding the best fit for them
May 12, 201903:49
Teaching is difficult, but amazing things happen
Considering how many different starting points exist in a classroom it is amazing what is accomplished in a classroom
Apr 23, 201904:19
High stakes test thoughts
As PSAT and SAT are upon us, a few thoughts on high stakes tests
Apr 09, 201903:42
Are Siloes in education creating us vs them mentality?
Rethink Ed structure
Mar 28, 201905:26
Equity in funding please
My reaction to DeVos budget
Mar 27, 201904:40
Day 1 reflection #macul19
Reflecting on my day 1 experience of #macul19
Mar 22, 201908:32
#macul19 3 quick tips
3 tips for those attending MACUL
Mar 19, 201904:06
The struggle with choice in the classroom #tlap
Is choice good? Not always ! Students often struggle with making right choices and can have anxiety over them
Feb 26, 201905:34
Teaching: hard but rewarding #mschat
Teaching is a very hard job that has many rewards.
Feb 21, 201905:05
Going from good to great?
Is this common expression around education helpful?
Feb 18, 201904:36
Working against free will of students
How can educators get past students who use their free will not to learn content?
Feb 16, 201905:13
#Loveteaching
Shout out to teaching on Valentine’s Day
Feb 14, 201902:42
Let’s take learning off the clock!
With all these snow days in Michigan it has many worried about extending the school year. What if learning was it measured in days and hours but targets meet!
Feb 12, 201906:18
Learning is hard work!
Lets remember that learning is hard work and students have free will whether to learn or not learn.
Feb 11, 201903:55
Language matters
The words we use when talking about education matters. We need to stop the use of superlatives.
Feb 10, 201905:04
Thoughts about this twitter tool!
Twitter is so powerful for connections but be careful with judgements
Feb 07, 201905:19
Snow day thoughts #miched
Tough decisions are made around snow day calls by districts.
Feb 06, 201904:38