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Relationships Are the Foundation of Great Schools

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An interesting comment I saw is that relationships are a great foundation, but they are not enough. It is a great starting point for students, but it is not all they need. When students feel nurtured and appreciated, they are more likely to push forward and be willing to learn. We can not forget to focus on relationships. They are not always the end goal, but they will help us get to those year end goals. I think that the best way to build relationships is through nurturing, which can take time. It isn't something that will happen overnight. I will have to remember to be patient and just work on learning my students and their needs.
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Relationships Are the Foundation of Great Schools

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An interesting comment I saw is that relationships are a great foundation, but they are not enough. It is a great starting point for students, but it is not all they need. When students feel nurtured and appreciated, they are more likely to push forward and be willing to learn. We can not forget to focus on relationships. They are not always the end goal, but they will help us get to those year end goals. I think that the best way to build relationships is through nurturing, which can take time. It isn't something that will happen overnight. I will have to remember to be patient and just work on learning my students and their needs.
-Claire Miller

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Relationships Are the Foundation of Great Schools (But They Aren’t Enough)

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Relationships Are the Foundation of Great Schools (But They Aren’t Enough)

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10 Easy Ways To Create an Amazing #ClassroomCulture This Year

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10 Easy Ways To Create an Amazing #ClassroomCulture This Year

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I really loved how this blog post laid out some simple, easy things to do to in the classroom to help students feel comfortable in the classroom. I think it's important to have an environment students look forward to and like being in because this feeling of belonging gives each child more confidence and motivation to do well. I liked all of the points in this post, but number 9 stuck out to me. It can be so hard to keep answering question after question, but if we don't encourage our students to think and be inquisitive, they will lose that curiosity and love for learning. And that can and will hurt them for years to come. That's why I agree that it is so important to let students think and ask questions; that's how they learn!

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Skylor Horton - Is Your School Extraordinary?

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Skylor Horton - Is Your School Extraordinary?

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Is your school Extraordinary- David Geurin 

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10 easy ways to create an amazing #classroomCulture this year

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10 easy ways to create an amazing #classroomCulture this year

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I enjoyed this article and how it tells us some easy ways to make are classroom culture better! I specifically enjoyed the post about "The Inventory's mindset". I liked this quote because it talks about how we as teachers need to be more then just there. We need to have a hunger to be better teachers. How can we expect are students to have a hunger for learning when we ourselves don't. It is very important for teacher to motivate are students to do the best they can so naturally shouldn't we hold are self's to theses standards.

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10 Easy ways to create an amazing #ClassroomCulture This Year 

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I love how this article shares some simple ways we can improve classroom culture and the best part is that some of these ideas only take a few minutes to do. Greeting students at the door can take a minute or two of your time. It helps students know its time for class to begin and that the teacher is there for the students. We can ask students questions and have them come back to class the next day with the answer, or we can figure out the answer together. Finding out what the students love to learn and helping them learn about. We’re teachers, we should teach.

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10 Easy Ways To Create an Amazing #ClassroomCulture This Year

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10 Easy Ways To Create an Amazing #ClassroomCulture This Year

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Relationships are the Foundation of Great Schools (But They Aren't Enough)

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I really liked this article, especially the part that read "innovating inside the box". I think that it is very important to improve what we have already done, as well as creating new ideas and ways to improve our teaching. It seems to be easier to improve upon what has already been done, but it is still a difficult job in and of itself, and one that should not be taken lightly, especially when reforming what is already known and done.

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I really enjoyed this TED talk. One of my favorite things is she said that when using technology, if you can't do the same thing with pen and paper, then that technology is not going to transform your classroom. Technology should be transforming your classroom, not making things more complicated. It's all about finding that balance. I also really enjoyed how she had a student-first aspect on everything, no matter what. I really agree with that, and I find it inspiring because I want to have the same ideas for my students too. I am curious though about what kind of companies do hire through social media? I have heard of this through Linkd In, but no where else. What kind of social media do they use, and what jobs are they for? I just feel like social media is not really the place to do official hiring. There's a time and a place for that, and I feel like social media may not be that.

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Hannah Brown - Is Your School Extraordinary? 

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Cindy Cabaness on Kayla Delzar's TED Talk video

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Cindy Cabaness on Kayla Delzar's TED Talk video

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Cindy Cabaness on Kayla Delzar's TED Talk video

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10 Easy Ways To Create an Amazing #ClassroomCulture This Year by George Couros 

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Relationship are a foundation of a Great School (But they're not everythinh)

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Relationship are a foundation of a Great School (But they're not everythinh)

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This was an amazing video I like how she said that teachers don't have to master it all. This should be something that we all think about that our students can teach us just as much as we teach them. This spoke to me personally because my kids teach me things everyday. There was another point that she made that if something is boring on paper it will be just as boring on an ipad. She also said that we cannot feed into fears bout technology and shes right in my opinion. The way technology has taken a hold on everything we do these days we should embrace it in school and let or students create and use the tools they have available to do so. I have one question to this video and that is she stated that 93% of employers use social media in there hiring in 2015. What percent uses this method today?

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Relationships Are the Foundation of Great Schools 

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I thought George Couros makes a great point here about relationships being an essential part of a successful school environment. I know that personally I am more likely to want to do better and am willing to try harder for teachers, bosses, etc. who I have a positive relationship or connection with. I believe creating relationships with students early in the year would make learning as well as teaching a much more enjoyable experience.

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10 Easy Ways To Create an Amazing #ClassroomCulture This Year

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Something cool I though was by taping into students interests and using them. By using these kids will fell like you listen and understand them more.  I plan to do this excite thing in my classroom. I also really liked the idea is to call parents early! I never thought to call kids parents early. I thought parents wouldn't want to deal with teacher and their kids. But it quit the opposite call them to let think know your care for their kids. One of my questions of after reading this is how do I find out all my students dreams? I know I can figure out some, but how can I make sure to know them all?

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10 Easy Ways To Create an Amazing #ClassroomCulture This Year (QUESTITON)

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10 Easy Ways To Create an Amazing #ClassroomCulture This Year (QUESTITON)

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10 Easy Ways to Create an Amazing #ClassroomCulture This Year by George Couros

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Number 5 in this article makes a fantastic point and highlights part of what Kayla Dezler said in her TED Talk. You can not recycle everything you do as a teacher because your students are changing every year or even every semester. If you allow for a student centered learning environment, it allows them to learn how they need to learn. You should be more of a guiding force in your classroom that allows your students to explore resources, rather than telling them what to do and how to do it.

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George Couros: Relationships Are the Foundation of Great Schools

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George Couros: Relationships Are the Foundation of Great Schools

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I thought that this was a great article. So many times in my academic career I have run into both sets of teachers. Teachers that genuinely care about their students and want them to succeed and the ones who are there to receive a paycheck. Every time that I would run into one of these good teachers I would have a desire to try even harder in their class. Due to how they felt about me made me want to give it my all in return. Lastly I agree that relationships are just the first step. As a teacher I should try to love everyone that comes through my door, but I should also have a desire that goes beyond that to make them great academically as well.

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David Geurin - "Is Your School Extraordinary?

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One of my favorite things he says in this blog is that he wants the school environment be more like a Chick Fil A - made me want Chick Fil A but that's besides the point - that is a great expectation to have because I know when I go through that drive thru, even when the line is long I don't worry that I will be there long or that my food might be wrong. Relating that to a school setting, it is a good expectation to have that when a student walks through the doors in the morning, even if they had a rough morning at home, it's important to set the environment that will make them have a good day. When they feel welcomed at school and have a great start to the day, the academic achievement will improve significantly. Questions I have would be: How do you tell if something like playing music or high fives improves the students day as a student body as whole? Another question would be, how do you tell if something like that isn't working at all?

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Ana Brizendine- 10 Easy Ways to Create an Amazing #ClassroomCulture This Year by George Couros

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While reading this article, I find George makes great points and expresses great ideas.
I am drawn to his ideas of first, playing music to liven up the day, and second, designing the classroom with your students.
I personally find it important to develop relationships with students everyday. By playing students' favorite music or something along those lines are bound to brighten the students' day. Some music also increase learning abilities.
Designing classrooms with students enables students to feel that they are a strong part of the classroom, because they are.

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Tabitha Weber- "Relationships Are the Foundation of Great Schools (But They Aren't Enough)"

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Tabitha Weber- "Relationships Are the Foundation of Great Schools (But They Aren't Enough)"

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An important thing I learned from this article was that "data-driven" relationships are not enough to truly impact a student. The emphasis in this article is building relationships with the student. Tests and other assessments are vital in a school system, but so is the student who is taking those tests. George talks about how if educators pour into students to build a strong relationship with them, then the students will want to do better on their tests, and as a result, they'll be better learners after the test. I remember when I was a student I did better in the classes if I had a teacher I was close with, so I believe having a relationship is better for the school, teacher, and most importantly the student.

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10 Easy Ways to Create an Amazing #ClassroomCulture This Year by George Couros

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I loved the idea that George came up with to decorate/design the classroom with your students. I think this would be such a fun idea especially since I am going to be an art teacher and I bet the students would feel such a great sense of pride and accomplishment hanging up their artwork for everyone to see.

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Jarvis Funk- David Guerin- "Is Your School Extraordinary?"

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Jarvis Funk- David Guerin- "Is Your School Extraordinary?"

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2 Questions I Stumbled Across During my Research:

1. Is SBU doing everything they can to improve the educational experience of it's students? Do we do it because students pay tuition, so we must offer a service, or is it because SBU sticks to the mission of creating Christ-centered leaders? (Not for this class... Dr. Fox is great!)

2. Is any kid so far gone that they could never get onboard with a school's positive agenda? I like to think that educators can influence and impact every student. Some just need someone to believe in them. I've encountered students who are never open to receiving instruction, who push others away, and never act in their own best interest. How do teachers show they care about students when the student abhors any type of authority?

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Jarvis Funk- "Relationships are the Foundation of Great Schools (But They Aren't Enough)

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Jarvis Funk- "Relationships are the Foundation of Great Schools (But They Aren't Enough)

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Relationships Are the Foundation of Great Schools (But They Aren’t Enough)

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Relationships Are the Foundation of Great Schools (But They Aren’t Enough)

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This was a very interesting article. it talks about relationships in schools. I believe this is a very important subject. If you have a good relationship with your students they will be more likely to respect you and do the work you ask. But if you don't and they fell like you don't care they wont care either. I had a few teachers help me grow and I felt like I could talk to them about anything, they still help me if I need it. This is the kind of teacher I want to be and why I want to be a teacher. These relationship are not the end goal though. Once you have these relationships with faculty and students then you need to push them and yourself to grow and do better.

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Bailey Major- Relationships Are the Foundation of a Great School (But they aren't Enough) 

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From the very first minute of her talking her point of the classroom staying the same over the past 70 years intrigued me. 70 years is a long time to have no change or innovation in the classroom. However, I know the class is making more changes like integrating a twitter account into the classroom and more technology use. Her point that work on paper is just as boring as work on an IPad shows is a great point as well. Just because educators may be transitioning from paper to technology does not mean it is more efficient and exciting to learn. That's where Educators take the step to know their students learning types and apply that to different technology forms.

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Tatum Bell - Relationships Are the Foundation of Great Schools (But They Aren't Enough) by George Couros

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Tatum Bell - Relationships Are the Foundation of Great Schools (But They Aren't Enough) by George Couros

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In this article, Couros discusses why relationships are not enough for a great school. If relationships were all it took for students to do well and learn, then teachers would be encouraged to simply befriend their students and that's it. But befriending students is not how students learn. Instead, the relationship with students is to help guide teachers how to effectively teach their class. For example, if I know some of my students have a certain culture, I can implement aspects of this culture in my lessons. Like, reading a memoir of a girl living in that culture. With the relationship built, I can better teach to what the students will understand and remember.

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Skylor Horton - 10 Easy Ways to Create an Amazing #ClassroomCulture This Year by George Couros

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This article was a fun to read. I think it was informational and helpful. I think that idea #1 "Great kids at the door." is a good idea. This sets the tone for the entire day and reminds kids that we are privileged to have them show up each and every day. I think the students should know they are thought of and that the teacher cares about them. Another idea I enjoyed read about was #3 " Go out of your way to make your first interactions positive." I think a student should feel like they are valued and that we make an investment in them. I still talk to my high school teacher's and they still check up on me. The last one that brought attention to me was idea #7 " Find out the passions of each students and tap into them." I think when you can find out the kids passions you can show they are valued and that they are important. I enjoyed talking to teacher's about sports related things.

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One statement that Kayla Delzer made during her Talk was "We are in charge of everything students do or don't do." This caught my attention because the classroom is so focused on what is being done that what is not being done (and should be done) is being overlooked. As she continued, she acknowledged how there are so many resources and tools ready to be used. One thing that I agree with her on, it that you do not have to be an expert on every resource. You can give a resource to one of your students to master then have them teach the class how to use it. By doing that, you have created more teaching moments than what would have been in the first place.

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Katelyn Collins - Is Your School Extraordinary? By David Geurin 

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Katelyn Collins - 10 Easy Ways to Create an Amazing #ClassroomCulture This Year by George Couros  

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I enjoyed reading this article a lot. Not only does it provides us with great classroom tips, he also explains them. A few that stood out to me was tip #6. Tip #6 was "Design the Classroom with your students". Honestly I never would have thought about that or doing it, but I think that is a great tip to know as a future educator, because not only does it make the students know that you care about them, that classroom is where they will be all year. Letting them design it makes it to where it can be comfortable to their own style, which is very smart. The next tip that stood out to me was tip #7 which states "Find out the passions of each student and tap into them." This is so important because when I was in middle school, my favorite teacher asked me one day what my favorite thing to do is, at the time is was play softball, he continued talking to me about it and seemed very interested. He talked to me everyday about it, like asking how my pitching practices would go, if we won our tournament, etc. I felt important and cared about when he asked me those questions and seemed to really care about my life interest.

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My thoughts about: Relationships Are the Foundation of Great Schools (But They Aren't Enough) by George Couros

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My thoughts about: Relationships Are the Foundation of Great Schools (But They Aren't Enough) by George Couros

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George says: "When people feel valued, they are more open to being pushed.  When they are pushed without feeling valued, they will either push back or leave." Every person that has ever worked out in the "real world" knows how accurate this statement is. Many people (including me) have left jobs due to feeling like they were giving more than they were getting. Of course, we think about how this applies to adults, but what about our students? Does this mean that if we don't make learning worthwhile that our students may give up on learning??? My takeaway: It's important that we make connections with our students in order to inspire them to give their best toward learning. Set standards, offer grace.

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Raegan Edwards - Relationships are the Foundation of Great Schools (But They Aren't Enough)

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Raegan Edwards - Relationships are the Foundation of Great Schools (But They Aren't Enough)

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Something I found important from this article was the way it talked about test scores. George says that even though most people can agree that test scores are not the best measurement of growth. It is usually out of teachers control to change how tests are valued. But something we can control is what else we do as teachers to ensure learning takes place and even goes beyond the test like first building relationships within the classroom. I connected to this easily because I actually turned in a paper yesterday on this same topic of the impact your relationship has on your students success. To me, this is the biggest reason I want to be a teacher is to build these relationships and be part of the reason these students can be successful. When thinking of relationships we usually think of ones with the students, but how can we build a postive relationship with the whole school too? How do we get students to understand the importance of testing but also that it does not mean everything?

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Jenna Shore - 10 Easy Ways to Create an Amazing #ClassroomCulture This Year

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Something I loved right away from this TED Talk is that Ms. Delzer says it's okay and it's great that her students know more than her (in regards to their favorite topics or certain apps). I think that this is a wonderful model for teachers to learn to live by because so many people think that because they are "in charge" or "have the degree" that they know all there is to know and no student can be smarter. But should our goal as teachers is to have the students surpass us in our knowledge? To continue to further learning? I have seen this TED Talk before, but it was nice to rewatch it and listen to these great ideas again.

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Makenzie Hensley - 10 Easy Ways To Create an Amazing #ClassroomCulture This Year article by George Couros 

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I really enjoyed reading this article. I enjoyed the helpful tips "Design the classroom with your students" (Couros). This tips was especially interesting, because teachers that I have seen often design the classroom themselves, yet say the classroom belongs to the teacher and students. Allowing the students to help design the classroom may help them to feel more relaxed and comfortable in the classroom. During another tip, Couros says to "Be flexible." (Couros). One question I had was how can I be flexible if it is an unfamiliar situation and I don't know how to be flexible to fit the needs of the students? Another question I had was how do I make sure that I am spending enough time with each student and show each student the same amount of care?

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Makenzie Hensley - Is Your School Extraordinary? blog post by David Geurin 

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Ana Brizendine- Is Your School Extraordinary?

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David Geurin's blog post brought up some great questions for educators to ponder. Classroom routines are obviously good and necessary, but they can also be easy to grow complacent in. Geurin wanted to challenge his school to be more than just "good." In his post he poses the question, "How are you demonstrating your excellence in visible and tangible ways? How is your classroom or school different?" (Geurin). I feel like this is a question I could ask myself at the beginning of each school year in order to push myself and create the best environment possible for my students. My hope if for my classroom be an extraordinary place for students.

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Zoie Rowe- Creating a Nurturing Environment for Kids with Nancy Blair

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I really loved this interview. One of the lines that stood out to me was "Well, we have to relate before we can educate." I believe wholeheartedly that not only should our classrooms be an area for our students to learn but also a place for them to feel safe. The exercises she recommended are also very helpful, such as having teachers name all of the students they can think of and then figure out who they didn't. Those are the students that you know you need to make sure to focus on and to have them connect.

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Jennifer Fox - Reimagining Classrooms video by Delzer

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Jennifer Fox - Reimagining Classrooms video by Delzer

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This is how I would respond in 2 different ways on this Padlet.

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Jennifer Fox - 10 Easy Ways to Create an Amazing #ClassroomCulture by Couros

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Jennifer Fox - 10 Easy Ways to Create an Amazing #ClassroomCulture by Couros