Who am I? (Timothy)
Can you guess my identity by watching and listening to the clues in the video below? I will present 10 clues that may help you guess who I am and what I do. For example, I might be a race car driver...
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Mrs.Bullers 4th Grade blog!
Are you into blogging?Well,I have discovered a blog that I think is the best.This blog is owned by Mrs.Buller.She also teaches 4th grade in the United States!Her blog is named Mrs.Bullers 4Th grade...
View ArticleGoodbye to our friends in New Zealand!
The school year seems to have flown by, especially in these last few weeks. We will call it a year on June 2nd. It has been an amazing experience teaching this group of students. I could not have asked...
View ArticleEnjoy your summer Great Britain!
We enjoyed reading and interacting with several schools in Great Britain this year. We made some new friends and read some terrific blog posts. Thanks to Ms. Breyley at Burravoe Primary and Miss...
View ArticleThe Senators
This year I am having fun introducing role play as a learning tool to my students. My 7th grade history colleague and I are creating a series of videos we hope will help our students understand some of...
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Mandala Construction and Destruction
Over the weekend I had the opportunity to witness a mandala being created by eight Buddhist monks from India. They were on a fundraising tour of our area. Over two weeks they demonstrated many aspects...
View ArticleMinechat Episode #23
Last weekend I had the chance to record a video podcast with Colin Gallagher, the creator of Minechat. It is my favorite podcast because he interviews teachers that use Minecraft in their classrooms....
View ArticleJerboa’s Beautiful Tail
What a busy last couple of weeks we have had. My class just finished making a video using Minecraft to tell a short story written by a friend of mine, Robert Walton. We were inspired to make the video...
View ArticleJapanese Poetry and Minecraft
I’ve had a strong desire to use Minecraft for learning about medieval Japan for quite some time. I’ve always thought that the environments generated in Minecraft worlds often have a very Japanese...
View ArticleMinechat and Me
I recently had the opportunity to be the guest on Colin Gallagher’s fabulous show, Minechat. We took a tour of my most recent published project, Chang’an. I shared the experience with my students just...
View ArticleLessons Learned: Pirate Base Alpha
I’m fortunate this year to have an elective class called Minecraft Academy to end my day. I always look forward to it because we get to really dive in and uncover what it is about Minecraft that we...
View ArticleMannequin Challenge – Minecraft Style
My students and I had a little fun at the end of this year’s Tang Dynasty build. To show off our work, we participated in the mannequin challenge – pretending to be mannequins throughout the city. All...
View ArticleMomotarō – The Peach Boy
After nearly 3 months and hundreds of student-hours, our collaborative project with Melvina Kurashige’s students in Hawaii is finished and ready to share. Melvina and I have worked together the past...
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