Passion – Josh Stumpenhorst

Graduation Speech

Posted on April 20, 2018 by stumpteacher

This was originally posted nearly 8 years ago when my son was “graduating” preschool and moving to the big, bad elementary school. As I reread it, I felt compelled to reshare it as I fear much of it still rings true with me as a parent and as an educator. Good afternoon friends, families, and […]

Passion Projects

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Josh Stumpenhorst

I am always looking for ways to inspire my students and promote learning in my classroom. The biggest obstacle I often face is school itself. Whether its curriculum, rules, schedules, standardized tests or the host of other things that get in the way of inspired learning, there is always appears to be some obstacle. The […]

Expanding Student’s Horizons

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Josh Stumpenhorst

Recently, I had the distinct pleasure to model the new ISTE Ignite sessions at the kickoff session of the 2012 ISTE conference in San Diego. For those of you that don’t know what an Ignite session is, it is a fast paced style of presenting. The speaker is given a set number of slides and […]