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I Resign From Teaching

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

Many of you have already read this post. If not take a moment and read. If you have read this look below to see my extended thinking… To Whom It May Concern: Consider this my letter of resignation from teaching. After much deliberation and intense research, I now see the futility of teaching my students. […]

The A – Listers

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

Recently I read a post written by George Couros that prompted me to comment as well as do some further thinking. Here is my comment left on his post with some additional thoughts based on a day of reflection. One of the ideas that George mentions is the cliques within Twitter and how some people […]

Teach With Passion

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

What is passion? Having passion for teaching is not always a convenient thing. Sometimes it makes your life more difficult and it makes you stand out. Being a passionate teacher will get you noticed by administrators which will in turn get you noticed by colleagues. Those colleagues will not view you as passionate but rather […]

Hole in my Classroom

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

A while back I joined an #ecosys conversation about Dr. Sugata Mitra’s Hole in the Wall theory of learning. What Dr. Mitra did was put ATM style kiosks throughout India with internet access. In doing this he found that groups of kids were coming to these free computers and learning. Simplistically stated, Dr. Mitra believed […]

If you give your students a voice…

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

The inspiration for this short post was from reading If Your Give a Mouse a Cookie with my son’s for their bedtime story. It is a great book that my boys love and just got my wheels spinning just a bit… If you give your students a voice they will ask for choice in their learning […]

Angry Birds!

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

If you are like me you are addicted to the game Angry Birds. If not, after reading this post, go download it and join the rest of us addicts. A tweet posted over the weekend got me thinking about the connection between Angry Birds and learning. While that may seem like a stretch, hang with […]

Quick! Call 20/20 to catch a predator…

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

If you were sitting in a conversation at this weekend’s EduCon and felt like you were being watched…you were. You didn’t see me but I was there. I was watching you interact. I was listening to your conversations. I was stealing your ideas to bring back to my school. Thankfully none of you pulled a […]

Twitter 102

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

Here is my follow up to the twitter 101 video I made a while back. Don’t mind me walking into the quantum door at the end…

Why is the straight A award and honor roll bad for kids?

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

We already know that students are not motivated by grades and yet we give awards to honor that very thing. Students are becoming grade obsessed for all the wrong reasons. They spend all their time thinking about how to do assignments and complete activities to get the “A”. Rather than engaging in the learning process […]

State of My Classroom

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

Parents, Students, School Board Members, distinguished PLN and my fellow teachers: Tonight I want to begin by congratulating all of the 6th graders for successfully making it through their first semester of Junior High. That can be a daunting challenge and you have all met this challenge with enthusiasm and passion. It is no secret […]