Sweat to inspire

Todd Bloch

7th Grade science teacher sweating to inspire the next generation ...ideas about education to inspire thought and action.

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Episodes

Message to my departing 7th graders

Last day message to my students

Jun 14, 2019•4 min

Data-that 4- letter word

Data is important but be careful how we use it!

May 30, 2019•6 min

Class size matters!

When we are talking about classroom instruction, class size matters!

May 19, 2019•17 min

Advice to School of Education Graduates

Advice to recent school of education graduates on finding the best fit for them

May 12, 2019•4 min

Teaching is difficult, but amazing things happen

Considering how many different starting points exist in a classroom it is amazing what is accomplished in a classroom

Apr 23, 2019•4 min

High stakes test thoughts

As PSAT and SAT are upon us, a few thoughts on high stakes tests

Apr 09, 2019•4 min

Are Siloes in education creating us vs them mentality?

Rethink Ed structure

Mar 28, 2019•5 min

Equity in funding please

My reaction to DeVos budget

Mar 27, 2019•5 min

Day 1 reflection #macul19

Reflecting on my day 1 experience of #macul19

Mar 22, 2019•9 min

#macul19 3 quick tips

3 tips for those attending MACUL

Mar 19, 2019•4 min

The struggle with choice in the classroom #tlap

Is choice good? Not always ! Students often struggle with making right choices and can have anxiety over them

Feb 26, 2019•6 min

Teaching: hard but rewarding #mschat

Teaching is a very hard job that has many rewards.

Feb 21, 2019•5 min

Going from good to great?

Is this common expression around education helpful?

Feb 18, 2019•5 min

Working against free will of students

How can educators get past students who use their free will not to learn content?

Feb 16, 2019•5 min

#Loveteaching

Shout out to teaching on Valentine’s Day

Feb 14, 2019•3 min

Let’s take learning off the clock!

With all these snow days in Michigan it has many worried about extending the school year. What if learning was it measured in days and hours but targets meet!

Feb 12, 2019•6 min