Peter Pappas's articles Teacher Life Zoom Icebreaker: Virtual Name Tag I recently started the spring term teaching my edtech class via Zoom. I have 15 students, all but one, undergraduate education majors. Most know each other a bit from prior classes. I had previously conducted one-on-one Zooms with each student, but I was still looking for a kickoff activity to start Written by Peter Pappas February 2, 2021February 2, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Teacher Life Fight Racism with VR These virtual and augmented reality programs allow the user to shift their point of view and experience the legacy of segregation in America. Students and teachers can “step inside” these immersive environments and feel the weight of systemic racism. These cutting edge approaches can inspire the Written by Peter Pappas December 14, 2020December 15, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Uncategorized You Can Fight Your Addiction and Win How many parents aren’t devastated by their child’s addiction? They see personality changes that they don’t like. The person drops out of college, bickers with everyone and borrows money and never pays it back. Doctors haven’t been able to help and maybe the person is hospitalized and the pa Written by Peter Pappas December 9, 2020December 13, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Teacher Life Mapping Inequality: Exploring Personal History in Redline Maps and the 1940 Census The Detroit Eight Mile Wall is a one-foot-thick , six-foot-high separation wall that stretches about 1⁄2 mile. It was constructed in 1941 to physically separate Black and white homeowners on the sole basis of race. The wall no longer serves to racially segregate Written by Peter Pappas November 17, 2020November 18, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Teacher Life Teach with Alternative Histories First off – big shoutout to Jamie Clark – A talented educator to follow on Twitter @XpatEducator. See his collection of Teaching & Learning Resources. (Lots of great free downloadable templates.). I used one of his templates as the basis for this lesson Here is a repost of Written by Peter Pappas November 10, 2020November 10, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Teacher Life Earnings Per Share: The Magic Formula? Without knowing about earnings, there’s not much you can do in the stock market. This blog will go a long way in figuring out why everyone is so preoccupied with this. While it’s a must-know, there are also limitations. Earnings per share is taking note of what a company reports in its results. Written by Peter Pappas October 20, 2020October 27, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Uncategorized Home Repairs You Shouldn’t Do on Your Own As a homeowner, one of the worst things you can do is decide not to call, for example, an electrician to take care of loose wiring in your home. You can also try to fix that garage door opener that’s been acting funny and fail miserably. Best case scenario, you end up with minor destruction Written by Peter Pappas October 12, 2020October 12, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Teacher Life Making Connections – Virtual Organizer I have been teaching my pre-service social studies students historical thinking skills based on the work by Stanford History Education Group. (SHEG). I created – what I call a “Hexagonal Thinking Corroboration Tool” to help them work with corroboration skills. For content we used a Written by Peter Pappas October 7, 2020October 7, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Teacher Life Take a Closer Look – Close Reading Historical Images Teachers are looking for resources for online instruction. So I am reposting lessons from my Social Studies Methods Course at the University of Portland’s School of Education. See original post here. Today’s class will focus on finding and curating historical content – in this Written by Peter Pappas September 2, 2020September 2, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Teacher Life How to Run an EdCamp via Zoom I recently ran a edcamp style morning session for our incoming MATs at the University of Portland’s School of Education. Our session goals: Provide a framework for students to explore ed tech in small project-based learning teams Model a student centered learning space that takes the instructo Written by Peter Pappas August 12, 2020August 12, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Teacher Life Close Reading Historical Documents Teachers are looking for resources for online instruction. So I am reposting lessons from my Social Studies Methods Course at the University of Portland’s School of Education. See original post here. Teachers can use historical documents to build literacy skills in a content area while em Written by Peter Pappas July 21, 2020July 21, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Teacher Life Socratic Seminar for the Covid Classroom As teachers struggle to navigate the new landscape of the Covid classroom, I’m reminded of a Socratic seminar model I used years ago while teaching AP history and government. It blended instruction in both full class and smaller seminars in way that could be a useful model to decrease the dens Written by Peter Pappas July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Loading Load more
Teacher Life Zoom Icebreaker: Virtual Name Tag I recently started the spring term teaching my edtech class via Zoom. I have 15 students, all but one, undergraduate education majors. Most know each other a bit from prior classes. I had previously conducted one-on-one Zooms with each student, but I was still looking for a kickoff activity to start Written by Peter Pappas February 2, 2021February 2, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Teacher Life Fight Racism with VR These virtual and augmented reality programs allow the user to shift their point of view and experience the legacy of segregation in America. Students and teachers can “step inside” these immersive environments and feel the weight of systemic racism. These cutting edge approaches can inspire the Written by Peter Pappas December 14, 2020December 15, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Uncategorized You Can Fight Your Addiction and Win How many parents aren’t devastated by their child’s addiction? They see personality changes that they don’t like. The person drops out of college, bickers with everyone and borrows money and never pays it back. Doctors haven’t been able to help and maybe the person is hospitalized and the pa Written by Peter Pappas December 9, 2020December 13, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Teacher Life Mapping Inequality: Exploring Personal History in Redline Maps and the 1940 Census The Detroit Eight Mile Wall is a one-foot-thick , six-foot-high separation wall that stretches about 1⁄2 mile. It was constructed in 1941 to physically separate Black and white homeowners on the sole basis of race. The wall no longer serves to racially segregate Written by Peter Pappas November 17, 2020November 18, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Teacher Life Teach with Alternative Histories First off – big shoutout to Jamie Clark – A talented educator to follow on Twitter @XpatEducator. See his collection of Teaching & Learning Resources. (Lots of great free downloadable templates.). I used one of his templates as the basis for this lesson Here is a repost of Written by Peter Pappas November 10, 2020November 10, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Teacher Life Earnings Per Share: The Magic Formula? Without knowing about earnings, there’s not much you can do in the stock market. This blog will go a long way in figuring out why everyone is so preoccupied with this. While it’s a must-know, there are also limitations. Earnings per share is taking note of what a company reports in its results. Written by Peter Pappas October 20, 2020October 27, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Uncategorized Home Repairs You Shouldn’t Do on Your Own As a homeowner, one of the worst things you can do is decide not to call, for example, an electrician to take care of loose wiring in your home. You can also try to fix that garage door opener that’s been acting funny and fail miserably. Best case scenario, you end up with minor destruction Written by Peter Pappas October 12, 2020October 12, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Teacher Life Making Connections – Virtual Organizer I have been teaching my pre-service social studies students historical thinking skills based on the work by Stanford History Education Group. (SHEG). I created – what I call a “Hexagonal Thinking Corroboration Tool” to help them work with corroboration skills. For content we used a Written by Peter Pappas October 7, 2020October 7, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Teacher Life Take a Closer Look – Close Reading Historical Images Teachers are looking for resources for online instruction. So I am reposting lessons from my Social Studies Methods Course at the University of Portland’s School of Education. See original post here. Today’s class will focus on finding and curating historical content – in this Written by Peter Pappas September 2, 2020September 2, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Teacher Life How to Run an EdCamp via Zoom I recently ran a edcamp style morning session for our incoming MATs at the University of Portland’s School of Education. Our session goals: Provide a framework for students to explore ed tech in small project-based learning teams Model a student centered learning space that takes the instructo Written by Peter Pappas August 12, 2020August 12, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Teacher Life Close Reading Historical Documents Teachers are looking for resources for online instruction. So I am reposting lessons from my Social Studies Methods Course at the University of Portland’s School of Education. See original post here. Teachers can use historical documents to build literacy skills in a content area while em Written by Peter Pappas July 21, 2020July 21, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Teacher Life Socratic Seminar for the Covid Classroom As teachers struggle to navigate the new landscape of the Covid classroom, I’m reminded of a Socratic seminar model I used years ago while teaching AP history and government. It blended instruction in both full class and smaller seminars in way that could be a useful model to decrease the dens Written by Peter Pappas July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
