Spirited Edventurer

Imagine you are Becky.  How are you feeling?  What are you afraid of (if anything)?  What do you see, hear, think, after you hear a knock on the door?  What does Lockton say to you?  How do you respond? 

Use the sentence at the bottom and build a better sentence by adding an adjective, and answering the “when”, “where”, “how” and “why” of the sentence.

Use the sentence at the bottom and build a better sentence by adding an adjective, and answering the “when”, “where”, “how” and “why” of the sentence.

Build a better sentence.  Add an adjective, and words that describe the “when”, “where”, “how” and “why” of the sentence.  Be creative!

Respond to the prompt.  Write the story.

Writing Prompt:  Choose a conflict and write the scene or story. 

What do you see? Think about every detail! What is on the ground, in the sky? Before you? Behind you? Respond using any form, description, narrative, poetry, etc.

The definition of education is the process of facilitating learning. The use of the word “facilitating” here hints that a certain level of adversity is inherent in education. Everything from limited funding and over-emphasis on standardized testing to lack of parental support and student preparedness creates hurdles that many teachers, me included, sometimes feel powerless to overcome. However, innovation has helped with some of these hurdles. One of my hurdles was the logistics of giving homework. There was a unique dynamic to this problem. First, our student population includes those who have limited resources at home, and therefore, can not do homework at home. Second, there is a trend to lessen homework or get rid of it altogether. And last, I wanted to start flipping my classroom, but students would need to do their homework. This made flipped learning inequitable for our student population. Then, I stumbled upon Jennifer Gonzales’ video that explained The In-class Flip. This method of lesson delivery is perfect for my students because our school just evolved to having 1to1 student Chromebooks. Therefore, each student has access to my video lesson at the start of class, and can replay it as needed while they complete the related tasks. This frees me up to walk around and facilitate, and makes learning more equitable. Adversity solved with The In-class Flip!