I am starting a new chapter in my professional life: instructional coaching, specifically at the secondary level.
11/20/2019
November's Canvas News is out! This month we are highlighting the New Analytics to help you get a better idea of just what you're students are doing in your course and turn the spotlight on how integrating Canvas into the elementary classroom can help develop student's fluency skills.
Canvas News Have you seen the New Canvas Analytics?! Canvas recently published new analytics capabilities for teachers to have a clearer...
10/21/2019
Check out this month's West Des Moines Community Schools
News!! Includes details about assignment options, communication plan with parents, and highlighting
Valley High School - WDMCS science teacher, Mr. Wilmes. https://www.smore.com/n49c8
Canvas News What assignment options are available to you? When collecting evidence towards your standards, you have many options for how you provide...
08/25/2019
One of my favorite TED Talks!
At the start of a new school year, I always find myself coming back to these wise words from Rita Pierson.
Sketchnote by Sylvia Duckworth
08/15/2019
Welcome to school WDMCS teachers!!!
Canvas News Starting the New School Year Welcome back to school! We are very excited to get started on the 19-20 year!! There are many exciting...
08/08/2019
How To Use Chromebooks For Powerful Creation in School Chromebooks have grown in popularity in education, but their use is often limited to note-taking and slideshow presentations. Two educators describe tools for Chromebooks, like Book Creator, that can help students tap many platforms within the same story creation program.
05/17/2019
Why Competency-Based Education Is Exciting And Where It May Stumble Advocates of competency-based education see it as a way to free students from age-based cohorts and seat-time. But there may be drawbacks to this innovative approach, too.
03/28/2019
This past week, I attended the White Privilege Conference and met Debby Irving, author of Waking Up White. She shared her work on developing the 21-Day Challenge, along with Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr. and Dr. Marguerite Penick-Parks, for us to reach our goal of making equity a habit in our lives. I invite you to join with me starting April 1 to do the 21-Day Challenge. I will be sharing my journey as I work through the program.
21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge Have you ever made a successful change in your life? Perhaps you wanted to exercise more, eat less, or change jobs? Think about the time and attention you dedicated to the process. A lot, right? Change is hard. Creating effective social justice habits, particularly those dealing with issues of power...
03/28/2019
Opinion: How technology is teaching kids to care about the world and each other To be a better teacher of the meaning of empathy, it helps to use the same tools of technology that young people are using.
Teaching Hard History: Teaching Tolerance webinar, building better lessons on American Slavery
Teaching Hard History: Building Better Lessons About Slavery Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 03:30 PM Central Standard Time.
02/21/2019
WDMCS Canvas News! This month learn more about Canvas Studio and specific features that are up for voting!
Canvas News Canvas listens to you!! Do you have an idea that would improve the teacher or student experience in Canvas? You can submit that idea to...
01/20/2019
Final meeting with WDMCS online curriculum developers, Abby, Chantel, Blythe, & Tyler! So amazed by the work & courses this team has developed for students on our !!
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