The Tie Dyed Teacher

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.

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

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!!!

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

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

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.

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

To be a better teacher of the meaning of empathy, it helps to use the same tools of technology that young people are using.

02/21/2019

Teaching Hard History: Teaching Tolerance webinar, building better lessons on American 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 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 !!

“Final meeting with online curriculum developers, , , Blythe, & Tyler! So amazed by the work & courses this team has developed for students on our !!”