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All things happening in my classroom. This will include links to the room and various events.

National Honor Society Speech: So What?

aarmau@gmail.comMay 9, 2014Coffeechug Cafe, Coffeechug Podcast, Coffeechug Productivity, Coffeechug Speech, Coffeechug Thoughts

Never in my life have I put so much time into one 13 minute moment in my life. Last night I presented my first speech of my life. I wanted…Read more

Teachers Save Lives Nomination Form #teacherssavelives

aarmau@gmail.comMay 6, 2014Coffeechug Cafe, Coffeechug Productivity, Coffeechug Thoughts, Teachers Save Lives

Last week I launched my latest endeavor in which I celebrated and shared my Thank You to a teacher who was so pivotal in my life. I challenged the you…Read more

018: Living on the Edge of Chaos – My First Keynote Speech: So What? (rough draft)

aarmau@gmail.comMay 3, 2014Coffeechug Cafe, Coffeechug Productivity, Coffeechug Thoughts, Play PD, podcast

I am seeking some feedback. I doubt many students and parents who will be in the crowd for the National Honor Society induction ceremony reads my blog. I am a…Read more

Students Can Actually Think?

aarmau@gmail.comMay 1, 2014Coffeechug Cafe, Coffeechug Productivity, Coffeechug Thoughts, coffeechug_thoughts

At the beginning of the year we launched a Choose2Matter project with Angela Maiers and Mark Moran. We developed our own #BettPassion projects and a simple search here on the…Read more

What are the shortcomings of project based learning?

aarmau@gmail.comApril 25, 2014Coffeechug Cafe, Coffeechug Productivity, Coffeechug Thoughts, coffeechug_thoughts, coffeechugcafe, coffeechugpln, pbl, Play PD, project based learning, project_based_learning

I was searching around on Quora as I do for interesting ideas and conversations. One concept I never searched was PBL. So I did and I came across this thread: What…Read more

bow chicka wow HOW: Moving from What to How

aarmau@gmail.comApril 24, 2014Coffeechug Cafe, Coffeechug Productivity, Coffeechug Thoughts, coffeechug_thoughts, coffeechugcafe, coffeechugpln, pbl, Play PD

Yesterday I delivered my presentation to my staff in an attempt to help them think differently about projects. I offered two HOW suggestions 1. Use the Common Core Appendices to…Read more

DLMOOC Round Table on Academic Mindset

aarmau@gmail.comApril 22, 2014Coffeechug Cafe, Coffeechug Productivity, Coffeechug Thoughts, Play PD, project based learning, project_based_learning

I feel blessed to have had the honor of being a moderator for a panel chat at the Deeper Learning Conference. DLMOOC loaded up the video and I just had…Read more

bow chicka wow HOW

aarmau@gmail.comApril 21, 2014Coffeechug Cafe, Coffeechug Productivity, Coffeechug Thoughts, pbl, Play PD, project based learning, project_based_learning

I am gearing up for a presentation to share with my colleagues for an in-service day this week. As I continue to morph this presentation I finally came to the…Read more

12 Innovation Lessons for Education in 2014

aarmau@gmail.comApril 18, 20142Coffeechug Cafe, Coffeechug Productivity, Coffeechug Thoughts, coffeechug_thoughts, coffeechugpln

Ideas based off Letter from the Editor in Fast Company March 2014. What I am doing here is taking those ideas, changing some of them to apply to education, but…Read more

Schoolwide LEGO World build challenge update!

aarmau@gmail.comApril 14, 20141Coffeechug Cafe, lego, lego challenge, lego mindstorms, lego minifig, lego review, lego robotics, robodogs, Robotics, robotics

A few weeks ago we launched the schoolwide LEGO World Build Challenge where teachers could sign their home room to come down and build for 15 minutes. I purchases over…Read more