by Jordan Catapano | Jan 23, 2020 | Professional Development
When I was an English teacher, I used to snub Twitter as a completely informal, dumbed-down platform that restricted any potentially valuable communication down into 140 characters. Then I got my own account – @BuffEnglish – and decided to see what all the tweeting...
by Jordan Catapano | Jan 20, 2020 | Growth
“In the morning a man walks with his whole body. In the evening, only with his legs.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson “When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” -Marcus Aurelius The Importance...
by Jordan Catapano | Jan 16, 2020 | Professional Development
PLN in the education world stands for a Personal Learning Network. What it means is that an individual has developed their own personalized “network” of fellow educators and resources that are designed to make them a better teacher. This network exists both in their...
by Jordan Catapano | Jan 13, 2020 | General
Much of my time in the discipline office ends up being with students who are not having their best day. I truly believe there are no “bad kids,” but there certainly are poor decisions students can make that end up negatively impacting themselves and others. All too...
by Jordan Catapano | Jan 9, 2020 | Assessment
One of the biggest questions we ask ourselves is “How do we know students are learning?” And to answer this question we devise endless varieties of assessments. Among these, the multiple choice test has endured as one of the most common forms of assessment. From our...
