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David Truss

David Truss

A husband, a parent… An educator, a student… A thinker, a dreamer… An agent of change. Think Good Thoughts, Say Good Words, Do Good Deeds.
My 2009 Edublog Awards Nominations - http://www.facebook.com/note...
@mikeslinger7 Well said, but I'm done with the conversation- LOL. I've been up for hours and need a nap at 7:44am
My 2009 Edublog Award Nominations: http://pairadimes.davidtruss.com/2009-ed... (And a few honourable mentions.)
@bryanjack And if you are having a discussion, here is a starter: http://www.ed421.com/?p=457 #assessment #edchat
.@bryanjack This is on Differentiated Instruction http://www.members.shaw.ca/priscil... but very useful for Formative Assessment
Why is it that the back end of my blog is painfully slow no matter what kind of connection I have? Bluehost & wordpress not playing well?
@scmorgan I think it is FFox plugins! I just tried Safari and am having no issue. Why didn't I think of this months ago?
@scmorgan True, seems to only happen with the back-end of blog on FFox and that's the only place. Regardless, I'll settle for safari & speed
@HHG Kid who keeps misbahaving/ill treating other kids at recess can spend recess with me.
@HHG That was a lot more than 140 characters to clear up- LOL!
@HHG I still think a great 'lesson' for kids is that there are consequences for their actions, so we may have to a agree to disagree.
@HHG This is what I started with: http://twitter.com/datruss... & I'm talking 5 to 15 minutes, not a week.
@HHG I disagree. Besides, the time-out always involves discussion time... not standing in a corner. It's my chance to talk to them as well.
@HHG True it might be more about managing than teaching, but I find a kid 'gets it' that if they can't play with others, they miss out.
@HHG 'Sitting out' serves no one unless there is a conversation AND that sitting out is logical in that 'sitting in' = repeated - behavior.
@HHG It builds, first conversation, then warning, then sit out with me for a few minutes (less min. than age), only twice has it been full.
@HHG Yes, good weekend to you too. I'm supposed to be reading report cards, but at 4am I might start with an edublogs award post instead.
@HHG As I said, it has only been 3 months, I'm new to the rugrat age, but I'm getting a lot more reporting & a lot less retaliation recently
@HHG I'm not dealing with major behavior and their are conversations and suggestions (and warnings) given before a time out consequence
@HHG When 'retaliation' is usually 'what happens next' it becomes a ridiculous thing to try and 'manage' rather than teach.
@HHG I'm new to the elementary program, but after 3 months I'm getting many more kids coming to me rather than hitting back.
.@mtechman Thanks for the tip! I wonder what Twitter is doing about 'bad apps'?@Durff I'll do my best to stay spam free!
@HHG Re: That kid becoming the 'organizer' of a game. Maybe later on, but I want there to be a clear consequence, not a seeming reward.
@HHG I'm not sure where you are going with this? 'discipline as consequence'.Playground disputes have consequences- simple to understand-no?
@HHG If it wasn't almost 4am I'd suggest a skype call, but I live in an apartment now so there is no such thing as a quiet conversation:)
@HHG Yup intention of my response was 'maybe for a recess issue' but not for a classroom management issue. We were actually in line at start
@HHG Up early. I had some banking issue to deal with back your way but fell asleep to early to deal with.
@mtechman Role play is great. We've been working on 'caring' in class, going to start suggesting some roleplays in classes- thanks!
@Durff recently the spam DM's have been coming in 3's and 4's. I've even given up on DM'ing the person they are coming from about them.
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