Amy Ramsdell, M.Ed

For real though! 💯

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What an amazing hub!

Pick of the day - A Visual Summary: 32 Learning Theories Every Teacher Should Know bit.ly/2FdZTNE via @teachthought

THIRD PLACE! ...and so well deserved! Perseverance paid off today for our Greenpower Team, who worked together to overcome a series of obstacles including a car that wouldn't start & the chain fell off five times! The team did so well in the second heat, they still took 3rd!

@SHWildes He makes me proud, too! WTG, mama, for raising such a great one!

@SiriusBShaman Roman numerals for 4 should be IV

What do you notice?

Big announcement— @Yale's FREE new happiness course for teenagers is finally here! The Science of Well-being for Teens is a 6-wk course on @coursera designed to give teens science-based strategies for reducing stress/feeling happier. Please RT & share: coursera.org/learn/the-scie…

News from #AAS241! Hubble recorded a star's final moments as it was ripped apart and eaten up by a black hole – getting twisted into a donut-like shape in the process. Find out more: go.nasa.gov/3W8wBDY

My to do list

You may think you know what life will be like in 20 years. But your brain does not understand exponential change. Here's what's coming:

Alabama, which was just recently considered one of the worst states in the country for educational outcomes, might now be in a position to help the rest of the country assess options for improvement. Read more: al.com/educationlab/2…

@MisterCavey I tell my middles that there is nothing 'here' (gesturing at everything at school) that is worth your stress and health. We also have the classroom motto of "calm, cool, & collected"

Hi teacher friends, I'm trying to write a blog post as a letter of concern for middle schoolers who are excelling at school but still experiencing crippling anxiety. "Stop Taking School So Seriously" sounds too harsh as a title. How would you put this?

@DougJones You are correct sir, and SO missed!

…it’s now been normalized in ways that are really quite breathtaking.” We have to reject racism in all its forms & wherever it exists & it starts right here w/calling out politicians,media personalities & even former Presidents who pander to the extremes of their political base

It has been a full week since the overtly racist rant of @TTuberville in Nevada and what have we heard from him or GOP leaders across the country? Crickets. Nothing but crickets. This is nothing new for extremists in the GOP. Sadly such racist tropes…. washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…

Teach for Learning. To embed learning deeply in the memory you have to engage deeply with it. Learning IS thinking. Check out 5 ways of making sure your pupils are thinking 💭 & learning!

Want to encourage higher-order thinking? Ask kids these questions. bit.ly/2YuOLYK via Mrs. Skidmore's Class #teaching #edutwitter #k12

For non-teaching friends who don't understand why teaching is so stressful, imagine this scenario. You have to run meetings all day long. You get virtually no time to prepare for the meetings. During the meetings, there are 30 people in the room who are forced to be there. 2/

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