Genius Hour – Mr van W's Class

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Flipped Classroom, Gamification, Genius Hour, Professional Development

Genius Hour in our Flipped Classroom: First impressions

May 4, 2017 — 3 Comments

TTT Episode 99: Teaching Like Magic and Reading About Yourself
This week/fortnight/month Pete (@mr_van_w) and John (@jfcatto) barely manage to get an episode out with John on the editing decks. He's pretty rubbish. John ruminates on a listener comment and laments the perceived goal of edupreneurs of aiming bigger and not wasting their life in the classroom. Pete regales us with the link between teaching and magic […]
TTT Episode 98: Teachers Talking Teachers Paying Teachers and It Takes a Village (of Teachers)
This week Pete (@mr_van_w) and John (@jfcatto) grapple with the intersection of ideology and economic sense when it comes to www.teacherpayteachers.com. Then John highlights the staggeringly large number of people that it takes to educate a child from K-12. Pete: Teachers are making millions selling their lesson plans online - Carolyn Thompson https://www […]
TTT Teach Like a Pirate Read along 03
In this mini episode, Pete (@mr_van_w) continues his homework with Dave Burgess' Teach Like a Pirate. We're on the third section RRRRR. R is for Rapport. Pete also wrote about this on his blog, you should check it out - he uses some sweet memes. https://mrvanw.com/2019/06/11/rapport-with-a-reluctant-audience-a-teach-like-a-pirate-read-along/ or sim […]
TTT Episode 97: Teaching Kids Sexuality and Being a Better Teacher
Pete (@mr_van_w) asks when is it appropriate to start teaching students about sexuality and in particular non-cis/binary/fluid sexuality. He also brought a good news story about an inspiring Indigenous principal. John (@jfcatto) then highlight the divide between research and practice in education and that the way to being a good teacher is by striving to be […]