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The Modest Teacher

@ModestTeacher

Helping to improve education one snarky tweet at a time.

A school near you Katılım Ağustos 2019
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The Modest Teacher
The Modest Teacher@ModestTeacher·
Here’s the secret to building relationships: Actually like kids That’s it. No fancy handshakes, no dancing and singing like a fool every morning. That stuff is for show and kids know it. Just like kids. It’s easy. And if you don’t, find something else to do.
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Travis Akers 🇺🇸@travisakers·
Dramatically reduce laptop use, bring back hard copy textbooks, handwritten assignments, teacher lectures and written notes, accountability for deadlines, removing chronically disruptive kids who are taking away from other students, and ban cell phones. Get back to what worked.
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The Modest Teacher
The Modest Teacher@ModestTeacher·
I mean, are kids really this soft?! We expect less out of this generation than any previous one. I don’t buy this way of thinking. I think the reality is the TEACHER is done.
DavWarren3@DavWarren3

@ModestTeacher They’re exhausted and burnt out

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The Modest Teacher@ModestTeacher·
We can’t do any work, or teach a lesson because it’s Monday, Friday, almost a holiday break, we are on assembly schedule, we are prepping for state testing, taking the state test, it’s almost summer break, etc. etc.
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beanie0597_2.0@0Beanie05923291·
@ModestTeacher My friend’s daughter watched Forrest Gump in U.S History a couple weeks ago. That’s a long movie.
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The Modest Teacher@ModestTeacher·
With six days of school left my middle school daughter watched Ratatouille today. Some teachers continue to cash it in earlier and earlier every year.
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Nope@LordGem3·
@ModestTeacher So, we should go back to ink quills? Because there isn't great evidence to support the idea that pencils are wholistically better than ink quills in terms of Iong term outcomes, right? Once upon a time we hand copied books, should we do that again?
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The Modest Teacher
The Modest Teacher@ModestTeacher·
This is what happens when we abdicate our role as teachers to technology.
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The Modest Teacher
The Modest Teacher@ModestTeacher·
Hard disagree. I think almost every major problem facing education has been caused by or exacerbated by the pervasiveness of technology in classrooms.
Principal Jon@Principal_Jon

3 things removing screens from schools will not fix: 1. Reading scores. They were falling before cell phones became common in elementary classrooms. 2. Student motivation. A bored student with a Chromebook is still a bored student without one. 3. Chronic absenteeism. Taking away screens may reduce distractions, but it doesn't solve the reasons most students are absent. Screens may be a problem, but they are becoming a convenient scapegoat to cover up declining student achievement.

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WonderStruck33@WonderStruck33·
@ModestTeacher How hard is it to come up with productive tasks at the end of the year? My students are writing skits to perform, doing a science fair, having a writer’s party to share their writing portfolio, and participating in a talent show. We are writing letters to incoming 5th graders…
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The Modest Teacher
The Modest Teacher@ModestTeacher·
@LordGem3 It will continue to change and evolve, and salesmen will continue to push every new iteration of it as a panacea to solve education’s problems with zero evidence to support the claim.
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The Modest Teacher
The Modest Teacher@ModestTeacher·
@JoshieG9 Yes, it’s an issue. Teach. Do something constructive. They didn’t just march the Trail of Tears!
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⚛️ JoshieG 🔬@JoshieG9·
@ModestTeacher Honestly it is 6 days left. Is there an issue? At least here in TX, we spent the last 3 weeks of April STAAR testing and prepping. Then a week of EOY MAP testing, iReady diagnostic, etc. They need a breather.
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The Modest Teacher@ModestTeacher·
@BDailey222 Fair enough but the data is still informative and it doesn’t paint a pretty picture.
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Nope@LordGem3·
@ModestTeacher Exactly the opposite, this is what happens when you have bad technology because you haven't developed a native ecosystem from first principles that gives teachers their energy back. Technology is here to stay, we live in that world now.
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x@jeffreyb·
@ModestTeacher We're closer in time to Cleopatra than Cleopatra is to the pharaohs who built the pyramids.
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The Modest Teacher
The Modest Teacher@ModestTeacher·
“He’s reached the climax of his lesson, have a student raise their hand and ask to go to the bathroom.”
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The Modest Teacher
The Modest Teacher@ModestTeacher·
Ed Tech has destroyed education by diminishing teachers abilities to teach, wrecking student attention spans, and pilfering district coffers.
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