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Klout is Krap

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

Many people on Twitter and Facebook have posted their Klout score or other comments about their score going up or down. I will admit that I even went to the site and entered my info to see what my score was. Once I got my score I looked at it and moved on. Am I […]

I Blew It

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

Today I blew it. It was the first day of school and I didn’t get to anything important today. They say first impressions mean everything and I am not so sure I made correct impression on my students. Rather than talking about grading procedures and classroom rules, we talked about dogs and little sisters. Instead […]

I’m Ready

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

The walls of my classroom are bare and my lesson plans are empty…yup, I am ready for school to start. Yes, you read that correctly. I am just a few days away from student’s first day and the walls in my classroom are completely bare. The only thing you will see is a draped green […]

No Office Day

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

Recently, I came across this tweet in the land of tweets: Apparently, there are a handful of administrators that are trying to organize a massive “No Office Day” in September. Now, I first read about this issue of no office days in a great post by Lyn Hilt. While she did not use the term […]

Summer of Josh

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

I am a huge fan of the old television show Seinfeld and am that nerdy guy that drops lines from that show on almost a daily basis. One of my favorite episodes is the “Summer of George”. In this episode George is claiming his summer as the summer he is going to do great things. […]

The Shades Project

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

Many of you that read my blog have heard about our #googleshades project that a handful of us have tried to get off the ground. As of right now, Google has decided not to help sponsor this project. While we are all upset about this, we are determined to move forward with this project because […]

The Real Game Changer in Education

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

Recently, I read a great post about social media as a potential “game changer” in education. It got me thinking about the concept of a so called game changer. Personally, I have a tough time buying into the idea of a game changer in anything, let alone education. When it comes to education many people […]

The Google Shades Project

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

While in Philadelphia for the annual ISTE conference I spent a short amount of time walking through the vendor area and swung by the Google booth. In the midst of checking out the Chrome Books, I grabbed a couple pair of their freebie Google Shades. I gave one to a friend and brought two home […]

Passing the Puke

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

I recently went to the local movie theatre to watch Transformers 3 with a friend and coworker. On a side note, I highly recommend the movie. It had some amazing action and it was nice to see my local downtown Chicago getting blown up. However, as we were walking to the screen where our show […]

Lightning Bugs and Learning Loss

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Josh Stumpenhorst

By Bruce Marlin [CC-BY-SA-2.5 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons I have been reading a great deal about the “learning loss” that occurs over the summer break? I completely agree with this idea that students suffer great loss over the summer months. However, I am a huge fan of it as well. The learning loss that happens […]