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Sharing successes and challenges through teaching while becoming a (hopefully) published author.

Draft 1 Done: 40 000+ Words

Draft 1 Done: 40 000+ Words

40 000+ words in ONE month! The first draft of my education book Less is More is complete. The rewrites have already begun, but having a complete draft feels good. This post also includes an excerpt from the introduction chapter and invites you to help me plan workshops for the STA and the MyPITA conference in the fall.

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Are you assessing ideas or printing? Decriminalize supports!

Are you assessing ideas or printing? Decriminalize supports!

Are you wanting to assess ideas but kids in your class have trouble sharing their thinking in writing? This post will give you a few low-tech supports for kids and walk through using voice-to-text to support your students in expressing their ideas more clearly with confidence. We need to decriminalize supports in the classroom to support all learners.

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