San Gabriel Valley CUE: Recent Episodes
San Gabriel Valley CUE
I’m a huge proponent of #EduProtocols. I love every single one of them and have completed several with multiple age groups, including 3rd graders, 6th graders, high schoolers, 1st and 2nd year college students, and doctoral students. Of these #EduProtocols, my favorite is Iron Chef, due to its quick, down, and dirty approach to get […] … Read more
Yup, most students’ dreams of flying paper airplanes in the classroom came true. My students researched, folded, and flew them in my classroom all last week. Some flew them in another teacher’s classroom and at the lunch tables, against my direction to keep their planes to themselves. They didn’t get in trouble; I was informed […] … Read more
By Matt Miller, SGVCUE Board Member Under a canopy of (I think that’s a) Ponderosa Pine and (I think that’s an) Oak Tree, I begin to write a blog about the importance of disconnecting from tech. I’m no tree expert, and with no cell signal, Google is not any help, so all my tree names […] … Read more
Abigail Ramirez, Pomona USD @CSwithRamirez. Computer Science is not just about the acquisition of a programming language, it facilitates the development of critical thinking skills, problem solving, persistence, and logic. If you agree with previous statement, chances are you have taken part of the Hour of Code fun, and have been asking yourself what’s next? […] … Read more
For our April SGVCUE Coffee Break, we were pleased to have Jody Green treat us to a great time of learning and fun centered around Breakout EDU. It had been over two years since I tried my first Breakout, at Spring CUE 2016, and I was excited to learn more. After a delicious breakfast […] … Read more
Last weekend I spent my time doing something that I find myself doing more and more often as my teaching years progress. It wasn’t grading, nor planning, nor wishing I wasn’t grading nor planning. I was attending a one-of-a-kind professional development experience called #CUEBOLD. And it both rocked my world and blew my mind. Cue […] … Read more
There are many days in a school year that can seem wasted. Assembly or rally days, days close to the end of the year, or those dreaded testing days where kids are stressed beyond measure and need some decompression time. In Jennifer Gonzalez’s podcast, Cult of Pedagogy, she talks about what to do on what […] … Read more
As I was creating and titling a document for blog ideas, in preparation for writing this post, I typed April Blog 2081, and thought . . . 2081! . . .oops! . . . wow, I wonder . . . what will CUE be like in 2081? I’m sure there will be some super cool, […] … Read more
This blog first appeared on TomTalksAbout.com on 2/9/2018 Conference season, we like sharing the knowledge and love of conferences. We have talked about this on a podcast before (episode 34), but with some awesome conferences coming up, we need to talk about it again. Get a favorite note taking method and go crazy. Whatever works […] … Read more
SGVCUE’s first Coffee Break of 2018 featured Matt Vaudrey (@mrvaudrey) and the use of music cues in the classroom. The main drive of using music cues is to transfer the locus of control from the teacher to the students. The bonus is that teachers are able to use less of their voices for counting down, […] … Read more