Jake Maddox

Omg 1,069 words today on #750Words

It’s such a great feeling to string together a few days of concentrated writing.l after going so long just fitting in writing when I can.

#WritingCommunity

I kind of like the flow of my sentences when I do speech-to-text. Many of them read like something I wouldn’t have been able to just type from my thoughts.

I wrote 870 words on day two of my 750Words writing journey late last night. I’m ready to sit down and try for 1,000+ today.

#writingcommunity

Get it, Veronica!!

I’m back on 750words. I left in 2020 but recently received an email about Version 2.

That email is exactly what I needed to jump back into a writing routine.

Never leaving again, hopefully.

The key to good critique A reflection

Apparently the #WritingCommunity is discussing unsolicited criticism this week.

Obviously, rule 1 is DON'T DUMP CRITICISM ON SOMEONE IF YOU AREN'T ASKED OMG THAT'S RUDE.

If you ARE asked to provide feedback, there's also better ways of doing that:
red-pens-and-playwriting.ghost.io/the-key-to-g...

Put your desks in rows. Just try it for a month. Why not?

Twitter still gets a lot of engagement. I like the idea of an #edusky community over here, but I don’t see much engagement at all.

Do not deliver instruction without every single student looking at you.

#edusky #teachereducation

S.L.A.N.T.
Sit Up Straight
Listen Carefully
Ask and Answer Questions
Never Interrupt
Track the Teacher

Absolute game changer for the classroom.

#edusky #teachereducation

Do not deliver instruction without every single student looking at you.

S.L.A.N.T.
Sit Up Straight
Listen Carefully
Ask and Answer Questions
Never Interrupt
Track the Teacher

Absolute game changer for the classroom.

First day of year 12 in the books. Can’t wait to kick off a dystopian unit. #edusky

So 🍎and 📒 will post straight to the teacher feeds? That’s awesome!

My first post! I’m bringing across the Dropbox should anyone like to use any resources in here! They need a bit of tweaking now but might act as a good starting point: www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/rize2...

Teachers: when you think of classroom routines and procedures, what is your best one that comes to mind?

#edusky #teachereducation

Tuesday = Day 1

“I’m convinced that fear is at the root of most bad writing.” Stephen King

Thanks for the conversation. I look forward to seeing your posts in education and leadership.

Well how many #edutwitter have we got on here? Click the like button then follow all who click the like button and let collaborate!
#Edusky #uked #edchat

Yes, I think every educator has seen that at least a dozen times in PD sessions. Thank you for posting. However, nothing I said is denigrating the importance of positive relationships.

What my post argues is “building relationship” is not a classroom management technique to hang your hat on.

Merit/demerit system. Assigned seating. All desks facing the front. Routines for how to enter the class. Routines for how to turn in assignments. Repeating expectations every day. Holding to those expectations for all students. Early communication with parents. Just to name a few.

If you ask a teacher “what are some of your classroom management techniques?”

And they say something along the lines of “build relationships” or “be mean/strict”

you can assume they do not have any good classroom management techniques.

Their class is probably chaos. #edusky

One for the edu-bloggers:

What is the favourite education blog you ever wrote, & why?

The elephant in the room: Why the subject specific training of beginning teachers matters Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com A number of years ago, I watched a lesson where the beginning teacher had been schooled in a set of systematised generic teaching strategies. They had diligentl...

This one might be my favourite though because it addresses something I think is really important - the policy agenda of last 14 years has reduced subject-specificity in #ITT #ITE to such an extent that it threatens the ecology of our system.
uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2023/04/16/t...

Routines, habits and consistency in my classroom Adam Boxer (@adamboxer1) recently tweeted something that I've not been able to get out of head since: When it comes to teaching, variety is not the spice of life. Routines, habits and consistency rule...

I'd say this one below! Why? It's become foundational to my practice, supported how I lead my department and was the springboard for my talk at the inaugural LitDrive national conference, which in turn led to my first book (in draft still).

haleenglishteacher.wordpress.com/2021/12/16/r...

One of the hardest things for an ambitious teacher is to resist the overwhelming pressure to lower expectations for fully capable students.

The frustrating thing about this is that the pressure comes from other teachers and admin. #edusky

Quality Tier 1 instruction is the most important service a school offers the public. #edusky

Teachers who do not know what “on task” and “off task” behavior looks and sounds like, have drank entirely too much kool-aid. #edusky

Teachers who believe minor assessments have to 100% reflect mastery of the content are not only missing the target, but are shooting in the wrong direction. Major assessments reflect mastery. Minor assessments are quick practices that help retain knowledge and skills. #edusky