Brenda Barner

Sometimes the “old” technology still works well for kids…

Mike Rowe: “For every five tradespeople that retire this year, two replace them.” “It’s been that way for 12 years.” “I don’t need to be a mathematician, this is bad arithmetic.” “7.2 million able-bodied men today, in their prime working years, are not only unemployed … they’re not even looking.” “What are they doing?” “2,000 hours a year, on average, on screens.” “I got a call from a company called BlueForge Alliance … in charge of something called the maritime industrial base.” “The maritime industrial base consists of 15,000 individual companies, all of whom are tasked with delivering thermonuclear-powered submarines to the US Navy—three a year, two Virginia-class, one Columbia.” “BlueForge Alliance calls me and they say, we need to hire some tradespeople, and we were wondering if you and your foundation could help.” “I said, I’ll try, as you probably learned, it’s pretty skinny out there … how many do you need?” “They said 100,000.” “100,000 tradespeople for one industry that most people don’t even think about.” “They said, we’ve looked everywhere … do you know where they are?” “I said, yeah I do, they’re in the eighth grade.” “That’s 100,000 building submarines. There’s 80,000 in the automotive industry alone for technicians. Right now … 80,000 openings.” “You start to go down the list and you begin to realize our workforce is wildly out of balance.” @mikeroweworks @momsforamerica

With these tips, via educator @MMHargrav1, direct instruction doesn't have to be boring:

It’s PCTELA week!! Counting today, we have 4 days until #pctela24 kicks off in Pittsburgh! We can’t wait to spend two days elevating with our fellow educators! It’s not too late to register! $140/day in person, or $50 for virtual access through 2024. bit.ly/pctela24

We are saddened to share that our friend and beloved member of The HISTORY Channel and American Pickers family, Frank Fritz, has passed away on September 30, 2024.

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"Should I be using AI on this assignment?" 🤔 This decision tree, from @edutopia, can walk your Ss through this key question: edutopia.org/article/studen… #EdTech

Very nice Bloom's Taxonomy cheat sheet! Fantastic for planning, questioning and skill development.

Do you use CER in the classroom?! Use @DiffitApp to help create engaging and high interest readings and short answer questions and export immediately to our CER workbook for a ready to go activity! Try it at app.diffit.me

💡 Let teacher expertise shine in your back-to-school staff meeting with this activity from leader @AllysonApsey. Template here ➡️ canva.com/design/DAFVaac…

Thanks for the feedback everyone. Think this works

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Podcasting class! Ready for interviews soon.

Feels good to have classes that can do stations again. #backtonormal #resiliency

Have you seen that @diffitapp now automatically suggests an image for your resources?! And the image exports to all student activity templates! Learn more: youtu.be/d8w59bi_pqs?fe…

Have you seen all the templates available @diffitapp? Once you create a resource on Diffit, just click "Export and Share" to find the perfect activity for your students! Try it today at diffit.me. I love this. It saves soooo much time!