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What Are My S.K.I.L.L.Z.?

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A few weeks ago, I posted some of my ideas for the upcoming school year.  One of my posts focused on my ideas for improving our Genius Hour, and in that post I mentioned that I would like to have a “catalog of experts” in my class.  I noticed this past year that there were … Read more

We Are What We Choose

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In 2010, Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon.com, delivered the Baccalaureate Address at Princeton University.  Last year, I showed this video of his address to my 5th grade GT students.  In 18 minutes, Jeff Bezos is able to sum up everything that I hope that my students will gather from our classroom activities … Read more