The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: Iron Chef – Middle School Edition
I’m a huge proponent of #EduProtocols. I love every single one of them and have completed several with multiple age groups, including 3rd graders, 6th graders, high schoolers, 1st and 2nd year college students, and doctoral students. Of these #EduProtocols, my...
Paper Airplanes in the Classroom
Yup, most students’ dreams of flying paper airplanes in the classroom came true. My students researched, folded, and flew them in my classroom all last week. Some flew them in another teacher’s classroom and at the lunch tables, against my direction to keep their...
Maybe I should take my own advice…
By Matt Miller, SGVCUE Board Member Under a canopy of (I think that’s a) Ponderosa Pine and (I think that’s an) Oak Tree, I begin to write a blog about the importance of disconnecting from tech. I’m no tree expert, and with no cell signal, Google is not any help, so...
Blocks, Bots, and Code
Abigail Ramirez, Pomona USD @CSwithRamirez. Computer Science is not just about the acquisition of a programming language, it facilitates the development of critical thinking skills, problem solving, persistence, and logic. If you agree with previous statement, chances...
BreakOut EDU Coffee Break Experience
For our April SGVCUE Coffee Break, we were pleased to have Jody Green treat us to a great time of learning and fun centered around Breakout EDU. It had been over two years since I tried my first Breakout, at Spring CUE 2016, and I was excited to learn more. After a...
#CUEBOLD State of Mind
Last weekend I spent my time doing something that I find myself doing more and more often as my teaching years progress. It wasn’t grading, nor planning, nor wishing I wasn’t grading nor planning. I was attending a one-of-a-kind professional development experience...
Testing Is Coming! How to avoid wasting those dreary testing days!
There are many days in a school year that can seem wasted. Assembly or rally days, days close to the end of the year, or those dreaded testing days where kids are stressed beyond measure and need some decompression time. In Jennifer Gonzalez’s podcast, Cult of...
2081
As I was creating and titling a document for blog ideas, in preparation for writing this post, I typed April Blog 2081, and thought . . . 2081! . . .oops! . . . wow, I wonder . . . what will CUE be like in 2081? I’m sure there will be some super cool, unfathomable...
Conference Tips: Get the Most of Your Time Away
This blog first appeared on TomTalksAbout.com on 2/9/2018 Conference season, we like sharing the knowledge and love of conferences. We have talked about this on a podcast before (episode 34), but with some awesome conferences coming up, we need to talk about it again....
Music Cues with Mr. Vaudrey
SGVCUE’s first Coffee Break of 2018 featured Matt Vaudrey (@mrvaudrey) and the use of music cues in the classroom. The main drive of using music cues is to transfer the locus of control from the teacher to the students. The bonus is that teachers are able to use less...
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