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Exec Dir of Prof & Digital Learning, Global Minecraft Mentor, Author, Disruptor of Ridiculousness, STEM & Digital Access Advocate, , founder

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    May 21

    If you ever wonder why we need Minecraft in schools, get to a space where parents & kids learn/play together

  2. 2 hours ago

    That was the biggest issue with my high school students. They wanted the steps. They wanted to repeat the steps.

  3. 2 hours ago

    Good teaching is not kids only mimicking the notes that you gave them. That's coddling

  4. 2 hours ago

    Good teaching is not kids copying down everything you do verbatim

  5. 2 hours ago

    Coddle - never challenging kids to do their own thinking. This is prevalent in math education

  6. Retweeted
    3 hours ago

    Great article! Only needs an addition to the title "... and start teaching code better". Less automation and more Ts interacting with Ss!

  7. Retweeted
    3 hours ago

    You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there. -Venus Williams

  8. Retweeted
    3 hours ago

    I like this. I have some issues with the All Kids Must Code movement, part of which may be the way we structure that learning...

  9. 3 hours ago

    Also, you can't coddle kids and then also teach them to be problem solvers or independent thinkers

  10. 3 hours ago

    Better yet, don't just teach "coding". Play Minecraft & build things with Redstone. Then equate it to coding programs

  11. 3 hours ago

    Also, teach debugging. It's a critical part of the problem solving process.

  12. 3 hours ago

    I'm pretty sure that I had meetings scheduled during ISTE. Unfortunately none of those meetings are in my calendar or email...oddly

  13. 4 hours ago

    “Stop making learning to code easier” by Katie Bell (regardless of platform, this article is absolutely on point)

  14. 15 hours ago

    For great glimpses of parent/student real world math conversations. Check --> Thnx

  15. 15 hours ago

    If you have ever posted or co-signed racists narratives, it should absolutely be 100% disqualifying...always. Especially in EDU

  16. Retweeted
    18 hours ago

    Proud of our newly minted Google Level 1 certified teachers this week! Amazing work by our specialists &

  17. 23 hours ago

    Singing all of the parts to One Wing and coding her own music group with

  18. Jun 8

    Game Design. Kids immediately started researching. We didn't tell them to do that btw

  19. Jun 7

    Mr Bean Live: How An Animated Classic Tackled Facebook Live | Creative Cloud blog by Adobe via

  20. Jun 7

    The genius & creativity of the memes are undeniable

  21. Jun 7

    It just occurred to me that I missed the submission deadline for TCEA

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