Award Winning Teacher – International Speaker – Author
My name is Josh Stumpenhorst and I am addicted to technology. There, admitting it is the first step to recovery… But in the words of Amy Winehouse, I am not going to rehab http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LTPRJqt2z4 Now, most junkies don’t realize they have an addiction problem until their drug is taken away from them. This is exactly […]
Continue ReadingI have recently spoke and chatted online with folks about the power of Twitter as a professional development tool. I have also posted to blog posts on my feelings and experiences with Twitter titled Twitter 101 and Twitter Has Changed My Life. Some of the reservation I have encountered is just the fear of the unknown and […]
Continue ReadingRecently I saw a tweet that asked if teachers or parents were the final word on a child’s education. I have also had conversations with some overly involved parents that I know personally. In speaking to them it bothered me that at no point in time did they concede the idea that a teacher is […]
Continue ReadingRecently I posted about standards based grading http://stumpteacher.blogspot.com/2010/11/whats-a-mean-anyway.html and a few questions were asked of me via Twitter and email. I put together a brief video exaplaining my “journey” with standards based grading in my own classes. In the video I stress that I am not an expert, just a teacher trying to find a better […]
Continue ReadingI recently read 10 Tips for Teaching Technology to Teachers by Liz Davis at http://edtechpower.blogspot.com/2009/09/10-tips-for-teaching-technology-to.html This got me thinking about this list in terms of students. I have taken Liz’s list and “tweaked” it a bit to reflect 10 Tips for Teaching Technology to Students. I left number 10 the same but simply changed teacher […]
Continue ReadingI sit here contemplating my upcoming week that includes coaching two basketball games, running a student council meeting, attending a building leadership meeting, running three team meetings, preparing my biweekly news show broadcast, a post observation meeting with my principal, reading new blog posts, participating in #edchat, presenting Twitter to my team, and TEACH my […]
Continue ReadingJust read a recent post by @L_Hilt at http://lhilt.posterous.com/grading-compliance and it got me thinking. I have been in the midst of reflecting on the practice of grading for a few years now. Starting two years ago, a colleague of mine, Rob and I decided to look at how we were grading in our Language Arts classes. […]
Continue ReadingAs I sit in the lobby of my sons’ gymnastic classes, I felt it appropriate to reflect on the holiday looming tomorrow. Most of us like to take this time to reflect on what we are thankful for in our personal lives. I wish to very briefly mention the things that I am thankful for […]
Continue ReadingMany people have seen the video from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o&feature=related about the “new” vision of students. This video was set in a college setting but I think the points mentioned were valid and apply more universally. I took that video and formed my own set of questions and asked some colleagues in my building with is a 6-8 […]
Continue ReadingThis year I was only down in Springfield for the final day of IETC and saw some great presentations. I wanted to share some of the information that I saw and pass along the knowledge. First of all, those that stopped by and saw my presentation of Movie Magic click this link to get the […]
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