Intrepid Teacher

I wanted to create several video stickers. With the proliferation of video and the ease of embedding video on social networking sites, I wanted to create short video Public Service Announcements (PSA) My hope being that people will “stick” these videos on as many cyber-walls as possible. I want people to share them with as [...]

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A few days ago, I was chatting with Lindsea on Skype about a variety of topics: music, education, and the need for adults to communicate more often and more in depth with students. We briefly brainstormed a few ideas we each had for the EduPunk challenge, when we arrived at the following slogan for her [...]

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Tired of all the intellectual masturbation, err ..I mean discourse, I have decided to see what this little ideology can do. No grades, no school, no instruction. Just youthful exuberance, a defiance of authority, and the need to change the world! Idealistic pipe dream or the rumblings of yet another movement.
I recently posed a challenge [...]

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Here is the first of what I hope to be many video trailers for this class. I would love to see more videos from members or readers about what Intrepid Classroom means to you:

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I feel I am in a bit of a rut here at the Intrepid Teacher blog. Reading over my last few posts, I can see that I am sounding a bit repetitive and bitter. I think this is in part due to the fact that I am not interacting with students on a daily basis. [...]

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Since March 10th,  I have been out of a job and it has been difficult for me to post anything worthwhile, because after all, it is tough reflecting on teaching when you haven’t been teaching. There have been many times I have had a post brewing, but I let it slip away due to either, [...]

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Hello colleagues, peers, fellow teachers, and friends. For those of you who have been following my trials and tribulations on Twitter you know that it has been a roller coaster ride of almosts and not quite so’s. But I have finally realized that I need to get back to work. I may not have a [...]

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