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The gentle educational musings of Charles Cooper. Find him on Twitter @Thrasymachus or take a look at his blog at Thrasymakos.wordpress.com Charles has been in education 25+ years, has taught at nearly every education level from K to college. He has received teaching recognitions as the NISD teach…

Charles Cooper

  • Mar 10, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
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Using your new eyes

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2020 4:31


Our resumes, the clothing that we choose to wear, and even our body language help us sell ourselves to a chosen audience. Why, then, don’t we package and sell our content to our students? Use your news eyes and you’ll likely see a huge difference in how your students react to content in your class.

I like to move it, move it

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2019 2:17


Sitting in a chair all day is horrible. That’s one of my main complaints for the meetings I have to attend as a professional. In this podcast I have a resident expert on mobility and work in public education. She also happens to be my daughter, Rachel.

Good and Bad don't exist: Another thought experiment

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2019 12:23


G.W.F. Hegel was a late 1700s early 1800s philosophy. He believed that good and bad could not exist because they are constantly negating each other. So all events and people and societies are in the state of "becoming" as we all move toward perfection. This is a useful excursive in any Literature class, social sciences class, or even in considering the power science has given us and whether we should use that power (ie. nuclear bombs, stem cell research, Gene modifications, etc).

Own your crazy

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2019 7:59


Help students become more of who they are... not who you are! None of us holds the Truth, but we all participate in the Truth. Knowing that you do not know everything is knowledge in itself and helps all of us get to a better place. In this sense, be who you are and help your students become who they are. We're all colors in a kaleidoscope and the light of purpose and self-fulfillment illuminates our way.

Student surveys will make you a better teacher.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2019 7:13


Multi million dollar companies are always asking their consumers how they can better be served. Why aren’t we doing this with our students? Better yet, what kind of action are we taking once we survey our students? You will be a better teacher if you take on this challenge.

Do you really exist? A fun thought experiment/ice breaker for school or PD

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2019 11:44


Taking apart the "self" as a way to level the playing field, opening dialogue, and climb up Bloom's Taxonomy. Try it... You'll make lots of new friends!

Student Centered e-Portfolios

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2019 6:05


e-Portfolios helps students show what they know! Students select the images, artificial, and mode. Think if it as an academic resume. Use them to document progress related to personal academic goals, state standards, or as an extra credit assignment. Reflection is the key with e-Portfolios!

Serious Play: Humor As Assessment

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2019 7:37


Having fun is awesome! Having fun and learning at high Bloom’s cognitive levels is even better. Use your students innate sense of humor to hook them into your content AND improve your classroom culture! Thrasymakos.wordpress.com @Thrasymachus

Process over product OR don’t raise those hands (yet) kids

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2019 5:47


Those students who raise their hands first and answer questions first are like the tallest trees that take all the sunlight from the plants below them.

Prelude: Edu Micro-cast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2019 2:02


What is an Edu Micro-cast and who the heck is Charles Cooper? Find out to your heart’s content in this prelude to his first Edu microcast.. @Thrasymachus Thrasymakos.wordpress.com

Perfectly Imperfect Educators

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2019 3:59


Being a “perfect” teacher doesn’t come from knowing your content perfectly, it comes from building more perfect relationships with your kiddos! Then the content is easier to address. @Thrasymachus on Twitter and Thrasymakos.wordpress.com blog “Humor” blog can be accessed there.

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