Tim Pardine

@joshuagriffin Glad you liked Serious Fun! 😀 That section on icebreakers got me good 😂

Finished the @elonmusk biography and another great book for youth workers called Serious Fun. Wildly different, both great!

Watched the @DitchSummit Sponsor session from @figma a couple days ago and shared the resource with some teachers in a PLC to play with … sheer giddiness and fun! Can’t wait to try this out tomorrow in class! Thanks! @jmattmiller and @TallMrCurran

@jmattmiller My favorite part is the choice to make the visual cover of a book on e-learning a picture of a collection of pencils 🤦‍♂️

"Teachers, here's the text for our PD day today on e-learning ..."

@KatieNovakUDL Wow! This is awesome. Bookmarking this for peer feedback for this year. It looks like The Shift to Student Led needs to get in my Amazon cart soon! 😀

Students are not always sure how to give kind and specific feedback. They need explicit instruction and practice giving peer feedback if it is going to be valuable and constructive. Check out this peer feedback template, Copy and make it work for you. bit.ly/3pBGgsl

@heymrsbond One reason icebreakers can get eye rolls is that they stay too general. We’re asking, “what uniquely human trait do you bring to a classroom which can never be replaced by AI?” We’ll divide into groups for teachers to encourage each other by answering that question for others.

@randyalcorn I’m starting to read Isaiah in my reading plan today, a book I sometimes dread because I don’t feel like I really understand it. But after reading Heaven, I am beginning to see God and Zion clearer, even in the first few chapters of Isaiah. Mahalo for your ministry!

@heymrsbond @alicekeeler From your Twitter account right to my middle schoolers 😀 Thanks for the resource!

It’s one of those 7 loads of laundry kind of days over here. Anybody else relate?

Question for the Twitter Bible scholars: While we often thank people for things (e.g. thanking a person for holding a door, etc.), is there any Bible precedent for doing so? From a quick search, it seems like any giving of thanks is always directed to God. What do you all think?

I was listening to a podcast this week that called Easter the Super Bowl of the church calendar. 😂 Kind of funny to hear it put like that, but kind of true too! Extra stress, new people, it’s a big day! Challenge: take a few minutes this week to be kind to your pastor.

@TeachFromRidge @jmattmiller This is my first semester textbook free, and it is an exciting and terrifying kind of freedom 😂 Your question of “is the old normal worth returning to?” Is becoming my new favorite thing! Thanks for challenging the old normal.

@tim_pardine Thanks Tim, that means so much! And I'll say... "Textbooks to death" as my answer. @jmattmiller knows what I mean 😉

Just finished Breaking the Blockbuster Model. @TeachFromRidge Even as a fan of Blockbuster, I enjoyed it. 😀 Fellow Teachers, Finish the statement: Blockbuster is to entertainment as _______ is (or needs to be) to education. (Finish the quote in the comments.)

I’d agree with the author and say late penalties for passed due work. Or, as my own answer, daily long blocks of teacher talking.

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@RogersHistory Don’t even get me started on Pluto… #istillbelieveinpluto

Oooo, this is an interesting Q….

@jmattmiller @racheldswanson @SamsungEDU @DitchThatTxtbk @dbc_inc Lol “is like the MySpace of AI” Funny but true!

Sketch of my ChatGPT, AI in Edu 🤖 session! by @racheldswanson 📍from the @SamsungEDU booth 908 Miss it? ditch.link/fetc23 for video replay and more resources! #fetc #fetc23 #fetc2023 #ditchbook

@crossway It is believed that Pope Clement VII accidentally ate a death cap mushroom and died from it.

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@ElevateBooksEdu I think I might lose some of my 11 followers, if I spam the retweet a couple dozen times lol

@tim_pardine Yes we love those books! You have been entered to win. Tweet as many times as you like to improve chances.🤞

What a stack here! I’m not sure where to begin. Maybe with Hyperdocs, Sketchnotes, and Interactive Class?

4) Do you have any additional feedback that would help me support them to achieve greater social, emotional, academic or spiritual growth this semester?

1) Do you have any concerns about your child’s academic performance in class? 2) Do you have any concerns about your child’s current social or behavioral development? 3) Is there anything you are working on specifically with your child for which we can support?

The start of the second semester can be a great restart with parent-teacher relationships. You might consider an email blast to parents with questions like these: