Leah Bender

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Leah Bender

Leah Bender

@benderteaches

WPHS Magnet Coordinator and AP Capstone teacher. 2022 Teacher of the Year for Marion County, FL. 2023 Florida Teacher LEAD Network. #WhatsNext

Ocala, FL Katılım Kasım 2016
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Leah Bender@benderteaches·
Come to the dinner theatre show @WestPortHigh @MarionCountyK12 Sunday at 1:00! Tickets are $25 for roasted chicken, potatoes, veggies, salad, rolls, peach cobbler. “The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged)”, all 37 plays in 1 show. Limited tickets Sat. wphs.seatyourself.biz
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$145,000 grant from the state and $10,000 from PLTW, Denisa Bethea’s Engineering Magnet Program @WestPortHigh is the place for @MarionCountyK12 students to be! Magnet applications close 1/31! #lrm2m72gvj6rayvp0g" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">wcjb.com/2024/01/19/oca…
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@susangbarber So far, I don’t see many people questioning the tests or testing companies that deem students “proficient”. Some companies are transparent about their process and consult teachers during exam creation. Others are a mystery hidden under the guise of “test security”.
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West Port High@WestPortHigh·
Don’t miss out on FAFO and our MCCA Art, Music and Dance. ⁦@LivengoodDC
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Jay Wamsted@JayWamsted·
Costume Day at the middle school. I went as Dave Grohl even though none of the kids know who he is This way I get to carry a guitar around all day while I teach math though
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Leah Bender@benderteaches·
@susangbarber My school will pivot to Cambridge AICE Psych instead of AP, but it will mess with some of my students’ Capstone Diploma chances. Being a Florida teacher right now is not easy, and the fight just keeps getting harder.
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The record gliding distance of the southern flying squirrel is about 100 yards. On average, they are 10ish inches long. If one southern flying squirrel can hurl their body a distance 360 TIMES ITS SIZE,,, you can get through this week. Crazier things have happened.
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Leah Bender@benderteaches·
@Xlence_ I don’t mind adapting to new tech, but I do mind the extra steps I now have to take to check student work. CB uses an AI detector, so even if students use it to generate ideas, they can be flagged for plagiarism. Until CB and colleges adapt, I think I’m in a holding pattern.
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Leah Bender@benderteaches·
@Xlence_ I admit I’m having a hard time finding where AI fits in a HS setting. It’s already an issue in my classes, but it’s easy to spot, at least. College Board has banned its use completely (for now); because of that, I’m using more paper-based assignments this year.
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Leah Bender@benderteaches·
@Xlence_ but pairing with multiple sources and multiple perspectives can still produce an effective argument. That said, I still don’t trust Wikipedia; I guess I hit that generational shift. (2/2)
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Leah Bender@benderteaches·
@Xlence_ I think every generation has that aging point where the tech/ideas with which they are comfortable become obsolete. I’m of the mind that every source should be corroborated with other, credible sources. Even an EBSCO source alone may not be credible, (1/2)
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Leah Bender@benderteaches·
@heymrsbond Writing in math is discipline specific; it shouldn’t be paragraphs or reports, it’s writing equations, drawing geometric shapes, writing proofs. That looks like purposeful note taking and practice problems, then actually using those notes later. (English T w/ math T husband here)
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𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧
Since the classroom teacher is more important to the success of a student than the programs, curriculum, or technology, that means teacher morale is more important than the programs, curriculum, or technology.
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