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It Is Time To Challenge Educators and Leaders

aarmau@gmail.comJune 19, 201532015, Coffeechug Thoughts, coffeechug_thoughts

The beginning of this week was a blur of three days of some really powerful learning. I was asked by my district to attend with our district team to the…Read more

Why do we subject students to experiences that we would never subject ourselves to?

aarmau@gmail.comOctober 11, 2014Coffeechug Thoughts, coffeechug_thoughts

As teachers have you really thought your lesson or project through? I mean have you considered it from the viewpoint of a student? This can be hard to do, but…Read more

We Can Always Choose To Be Mad And Angry But….

aarmau@gmail.comAugust 29, 2014Coffeechug Productivity, Coffeechug Thoughts, coffeechug_thoughts, Uncategorized

what good will that really do you, your family, your work, and for the people around you? Think about it – we only have a set amount of days here…Read more

The World is a Makerspace, Not a Classroom

aarmau@gmail.comAugust 3, 201411Coffeechug Book, Coffeechug Cafe, Coffeechug Thoughts, coffeechug_book, coffeechug_thoughts, Play PD

We carry inside us the wonders we seek outside us.  — Rumi I have wanted to write about this idea for a few weeks, but just was not sure how…Read more

Do not contradict yourself

aarmau@gmail.comJune 6, 2014Coffeechug Thoughts, coffeechug_thoughts

This is something that drives me more insane than anything else in life and in particular the world of education. Don’t complain about students doing “x” and then among staff…Read more

PLC Training Mid Morning Thought

aarmau@gmail.comJune 4, 2014Coffeechug Cafe, Coffeechug Thoughts, coffeechug_thoughts, collaboration, Play PD

How great would it be if teachers could create their own teams that they work with to make change? Would that radically shift the operations behind the scenes to help…Read more

Reflection of Exhibition Nights for PBL

aarmau@gmail.comMay 17, 20141Coffeechug Cafe, Coffeechug Productivity, Coffeechug Thoughts, coffeechug_thoughts, pbl, Play PD, project based learning, project_based_learning

Our middle school of 1100 students has tackled project based learning head on this year. It has been a radical shift for some. It has had both the amazing breakthroughs…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