Education and schools – Lee Trampleasure's Blog

April 6, 2020

Zoom + Whiteboard = almost in the classroom

As we move forward with online learning due to the COVID-19, I’m offering Zoom-based office hours. There are high-tech ways of sharing screens, etc, but I decided to use a low-tech solution to share drawings with my students.

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April 3, 2020

Learning in the era of Pass/No pass

In light of the COVID-19 crisis, more K-12 schools and school districts are moving to Pass/No pass (P/NP) instead of traditional A-F grading. Rather than thinking of this as a loss, I suggest we use this as an opportunity. I have been a high school teacher for 26 years. During that time, I, and many of my colleagues, are continually...

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August 31, 2017

Back to School Night – Menlo-Atherton HS, 2017

OK, maybe I’m in the minority, but I really like Back to School Nights.

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January 19, 2017

Extra time on quizzes: Why you need individual work

Today was a great day. My students had a short quiz, and I wanted to make sure they all had plenty of time to complete it. I thought it would take them about 20 minutes to finish it (most finished in 15-20 minutes), but wanted to allow plenty of time for students who require ‘extra time’ (whether LD diagnosed and...

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February 3, 2016

How do you avoid spending too much time with Twitter?

OK, I admit it: I can get sucked into the vacuum of social media and find myself having spent more time on it than I desire. Last December, with grades coming due, I decided to take a ‘vacation’ from Facebook. I’ve largely been off it for about seven weeks (I did jump on a few times to arrange my annual...

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September 27, 2015

180: Day 24: Fundraising for the whole school

SHCP’s annual Walkathon fundraiser develops community, not just funds.

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December 8, 2007

Grade Machine is dead, long live Grade Machine

The grading program I have been using for over ten years, Grade Machine, has been purchased by an educational conglomerate (Pearson), who will discontinue support for it effective August 31, 2008. They have posted a “License editor” that allows users to generate the registration key required to re-install the program (you need the serial number from your purchase). The nice...

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