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Michelle Higdon

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  • #starringthesixers,  academics,  classcraft,  classroom,  classroom management,  conference,  discipline,  sixth grade,  student discipline,  student engagement,  students,  teacher,  teaching,  Technology

    It’s Easier to Talk to Kids Than Adults…

    July 10, 2018 /

    So, I don’t know about you but I would much rather talk to children than adults any day of the week. Give me a bunch of sixth graders and I have no issues getting up in front of them and talking ’till I’m blue in the face. Put me up in front of a roomful of my peers and…I’m pretty sure people can hear my knees knocking.Therefore, I’m fairly certain it must have been a moment of insanity when I signed up to lead a class at our Upstate Technology Conference. And not only am I teaching one class – I am teaching two. Granted, they are on the same topic…

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    Oh, If Only I’d Known…(Week 2!)

    July 5, 2018 /

    Welcome back to Week 2 of the series, Oh, If Only I’d Known. This week, we are going to be looking at a tip that I think is applicable no matter how many years you have taught! It is one that may be seen as a ‘duh’ tip but it’s always good to keep in the back of your mind.  Expect your technology to fail.That is the tip. Always be prepared in case technology fails on you, the power goes out, the Internet does the spinny circle of death thing as the webpage refuses to load, etc., etc., etc. Trust me, it’s going to happen some day and it will…

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