Blog – Page 31 – Josh Stumpenhorst

Can you laugh at yourself?

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

When I tell people that I am a middle school teacher, I often get the same reaction, “What? Are you crazy? Kids that age are nuts!” or “You couldn’t pay me enough money to do that!” I am sure those of you who teach in the 6th – 8th grade world hear similar comments. However, […]

Bringing the Dead Back to Life!

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

Here is a quick sample of a project using the program Crazy Talk 6. It is a great way to bring pictures to life and the students love working with it. I have had students write speeches as historical figures or have conversations with hand drawn pictures of characters from their reading novels. I highly […]

Education Ice: How To Tutorial

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

As requested by my “fans”, I came in early and put together a tutorial outlining how I made the Education Ice video from the Reform Symposium a few weeks back. I actually created a new page on my blog to house my tutorials so you can click the link on the top of this page or […]

Student Voices Parts II

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

A while back I wrote about student voices and a student survey I completed at my school. I wanted to take that a bit further and ask students some very specific questions about their learning. Here are a few of the responses that speak directly to what some of us know is the right way […]

Evernote 101

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

As promised, I put together a brief Evernote tutorial today before school. I am not an expert and this is just some of the ways in which I am using this site to help me store and organize tweets, links, emails, voice notes, etc. If you know of other uses please comment and let me […]

I Have a Dream

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

As Dr. Martin Luther stated so many years ago… “I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.” I have a dream that one day all kids will have access to […]

Suspended for Passing a Note?

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

Recently, I engaged in a conversation on Twitter about modeling and teaching appropriate use of social media and technology in schools. Quickly our conversation turned to the discussion of punishment for online behaviors. In light of some of the recent public instances of online behaviors being prosecuted in a court of law I raise three […]

Letter to Teachers

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

A few have emailed me or messaged me and asked how I introduced Twitter to my fellow teachers in my building. It all started with the following email earlier this past week. There was a lot more interest that I had anticipated which was great. I got clearance from my principal to have a session […]

Actions Speak Louder Than Words

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

Actions do speak louder than words, and yet we still all like to hear ourselves talk. There are hundreds of blogs, magazines, and journals out there that put forth the latest and greatest theories and pedagogies of education. While those are all fine and good, I would rather just do something. This might seem a […]

If you listen, they will talk

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

I am a big fan of Field of Dreams and the line, “if you build it, they will come.” This line has been used as a metaphor for more things than I could possibly list and has been rephrased just as many times. Yet, here I am using it once again, “If you listen, they […]