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Back in December, during Winter Break, I read\u00a0Hacking Homework<\/em><\/a> by Starr Sackstein<\/a> and Connie Hamilton<\/a>. I read it on my phone, thinking it would be great to highlight and screenshot as I read, to be able to go back and document what I learned from the book. I read it on the plane and ABSOLUTELY LOVED it. I must have taken about 30 screenshots, had tons of ideas floating through my head while I read, and I finished the book, cover to cover, in about 2 hours. It completely captivated me. So you’re probably wondering…where’s the blog post???<\/p>\n

I never wrote it.<\/h1>\n

Time passed. School started. Life continued. I shared some of what I learned with my colleagues and launched an activity<\/a> with my students based on some of what I read. But I never fully captured my learning because I consumed too much too quickly and didn’t properly document my thinking in the moment. You’d think I would learn from my own teaching, that a picture alone is not an authentic artifact of learning<\/a>. I didn’t allow myself the time to sit with it, think about it, ask questions, and reflect why I even highlighted something in the first place.<\/p>\n

Today I began my first Ampeduca course<\/a>, Step by Step Guide: Learning About Blogging for your Students<\/em>. Module 1 was an introduction with important terms, and then Module 2 started talking about things teachers will discover once they start reading blogs. I immediately took this screenshot, that teachers who read blog will get better at…<\/p>\n

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I LOVED this. I thought to myself: This is what excites me most about blogging with my students. How often do I hear my students say, “Mrs. Thompson, I’m done! I’ve written, I’ve edited, I’ve submitted, I’m done.” From now on, I would love to hear, “Mrs. Thompson, I’ve written, I’ve edited, I’ve shared, I’m ready to begin the conversation and get feedback!”<\/p>\n

I was about to click the\u00a0Mark as completed<\/strong> button, to move onto the next lesson. But then thought, WAIT! I have to capture this! Don’t make the same mistake twice! Start a blog post, save it as a draft, annotate the screenshot, DO SOMETHING! But don’t let the time pass with a screenshot sitting amongst millions of others in a folder waiting to become the ghost of lost reflections.<\/p>\n

I guess one might say I’m learning \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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