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Brain Breaks

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

For a few years now we have had a physical education teacher, Nadine Stanley, speaking to our staff about what she calls “Brain Breaks”. In her presentation she shared the following information about the positives of these short bursts of physical activity in a classroom: Exercise leads to the release of: Endorphins – mood regulator […]

Are You Listening?

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

When a student doesn’t have their homework in class, do you realize it is because they were up all night taking care of their siblings because their parents were at work? If a student refuses to look you in the eye when they talk to you, do you realize it is because it is a […]

Kid’s Say The Darndest Things!

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

This is not going to be the most enlightening post I have ever written so feel free to stop reading now if you are looking for an educational epiphany. I am going to play the role of Bill Cosby on my own version of “Kids Say the Darndest Things” and try to make a pathetically […]

Go ahead, give it up…

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

Over the course of this school year I have written here about my release of control in my classroom and pushing my students to take more power over their learning. Many people have asked me, “How do you do it?” I have no illusions that I am an exceptional teacher who has all the answers. […]

Student Driven Learning

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

Last week was the end of our second trimester of 6th grade. We ended that trimester with our innovation day which was a pinnacle moment for me and my views on education. It epitomized student driven learning in a pure and unfiltered form. Kids were motivated and engaged in their learning. Immediately afterwards, I began […]

Blogger 101

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

My latest tutorial…This is a very short overview of blogger and some of the features I use. The two big ones are embedding video and inserting a table without knowing HTML coding. Enjoy!

Green Screen Magic

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

Here is a short tutorial on how I create some of my green screen videos. In addition, if you are interested in doing blue screen work with Movie Maker you need to check out this site: http://www.wikihow.com/Chroma-Key-in-Windows-Movie-Maker I tried to do a screen capture to show how it worked but it would not work our properly […]

Writing Activities for Social Science

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

After this evenings #sschat I felt compelled to formalize all of my random tweets into a more organized post. Here is a list of ways in which I have used writing in my social science classes. Historical Newspapers – Have students take on the role of a reporter in a historical time period. I have […]

Take the Red Pill

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

Four months ago, I took Morpheus’s Red Pill and it has changed my life. In the Matrix, Neo takes the red pill and has an “awakening” to the perceived real world. For me this awakening was to a world beyond my classroom. To start, I grew up in a town of 1100 people and change, […]

Just Learning Stuff

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

This evening my five year old son, Tanner, was on the phone with his Uncle that lives out of state. They were having their usual, “how are things going” conversation. Tanner told him about his latest hockey game and how annoying his little brother was. The conversation then turned to discussion of Tanner’s school. Uncle: […]