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#BOWTIE: Building Meaningful Connections with your Students

Guest bloggers Brent Gilson and Roman Nowak with Mary Howard On 4/25/19, #G2Great welcomed the second half of the newly reorganized #BOWTIE students back to the chat table to discuss the important topic chosen by our eighteen guest hosts: Building Meaningful Relationships with Your Students. On 3/14/19 eighteen other #BOWTE students engaged us in dialogue for Creating Environments that … Continue reading “#BOWTIE: Building Meaningful Connections with your Students”

#BOWTIE: Creating Environments that Work for Kids

Guest bloggers Kitty Donohoe, Brent Gilson, and Jill Davidson with Mary Howard #G2Great was once again abuzz with excitement when our good friends and newly reorganized #BOWTIE students took the seat of honor at the #G2Great guest host table for the eighth time: 12/13/18, 4/26/18, 3/8/18, 5/25/17, 3/6/17, 12/17/17, 6/9/16 (Sam Fremin). They have been our guest hosts more than any other guest in … Continue reading “#BOWTIE: Creating Environments that Work for Kids”

#BowTieBoys Reflections on NCTE 2018: Student Voice and Choice

by Mary Howard Our #G2Great chat family was abuzz with excitement on 12/13/18 when our good friends #BowTieBoys led by teacher Jason Augustowski returned as our guest hosts (excitement that was elevated by a first time visit from our new friends, #HairBowGirls). #BowTieBoys have taken the chat seat of honor on five previous occasions including 4/26/18, 3/8/18, 5/25/17, 3/6/17 and our … Continue reading “#BowTieBoys Reflections on NCTE 2018: Student Voice and Choice”

#BowTieBoys: Exploring Instruction Through Students’ Eyes – Group Work and Collaboration

By Fran McVeigh My post for the #BowTieBoys guest host stint at #G2Great in March seemed easy. I reread the questions, reviewed the tweets, considered formats and began writing. In fact it was so easy that I began worrying about this second post. What would be different or unique?  What would be the bookends for … Continue reading “#BowTieBoys: Exploring Instruction Through Students’ Eyes – Group Work and Collaboration”

#BowTieBoys: Exploring Instruction through Students’ Eyes – Creating a Positive Environment

By Fran McVeigh There was an air of excitement and electricity that led up to the #G2Great chat with the #BowTieBoys on March 8th.  The boys, ranging from 7th graders to 11th graders, craft their own questions, greet folks to the chat and carry on conversations as veterans. I’ve been lucky to “know” the #BowTieBoys … Continue reading “#BowTieBoys: Exploring Instruction through Students’ Eyes – Creating a Positive Environment”

A Reflection on NCTE17 with the #BowTieBoys: Exploring Choice from Students’ Eyes

by Mary Howard On December 7, 2017, old friends honored us with a return visit to the #G2great guest host chair. #BowTieBoys with teacher Jason Augustowski have joined us on three other occasions including May 25, 2017, March 16, 2017 and June 9, 2016 (our first guest #BowTieBoy, Sam Fremin). This week we were excited to … Continue reading “A Reflection on NCTE17 with the #BowTieBoys: Exploring Choice from Students’ Eyes”

#BowTieBoys: Exploring Instruction Through Our Students’ Eyes

by Mary Howard Have you ever had an experience that was so powerful it lingered long after it was over, intermittently tapping you on the shoulder to remind you it was still there? Well that happened to me November 2015, long before we brought my memory to life on #G2Great. March 16, 2017 is now a contributor to … Continue reading “#BowTieBoys: Exploring Instruction Through Our Students’ Eyes”

 #G2Great ANNIVERSARY YEAR 8 Professional Transformation: From Possibility to Action

by Mary Howard On August 29, 2012, my 2nd book was published: Good to Great Teaching: Focusing on the Literacy Work that Matters(Heinemann). I was thrilled when that book became the source of #G2great twitter chat on 1/8/15, as reflected below and in our Wakelet artifact. Since this chat launch, our team has changed over the … Continue reading ” #G2Great ANNIVERSARY YEAR 8 Professional Transformation: From Possibility to Action”

Reflection on Inquiry and NCTE: Teaching Through Students’ Eyes

by Valinda Kimmel Inquiry based learning for students is distinguished by learning that is authentic to the discipline (Wiggins & McTighe, 2008) and, you won’t be surprised to know, that what students discover in the inquiry process leads to an increase in autonomy. For students, inquiry fosters the construction of meaningful knowledge rooted in essential, … Continue reading “Reflection on Inquiry and NCTE: Teaching Through Students’ Eyes”

JV Bow Tie Boys: Exploring Instruction Through Our Students’ Eyes

by Mary Howard On May 25, 2017 our #G2Great family enthusiastically welcomed old friends as #BowTieBoys became our teachers in a second round of Exploring Instruction through Our Students’ Eyes. The varsity #BowTieBoys were our guests March 16, 2017 (#G2Great blog) but this week we welcomed eight amazing Junior Varsity #BowTieBoys and high school English teacher … Continue reading “JV Bow Tie Boys: Exploring Instruction Through Our Students’ Eyes”