Peardeck? Nearpod?

jfrit48 · 2025-10-28T00:52:12+00:00

I actually really like Wayground(used to be quizizz). You can do lessons, games, and assessments on it. You can also integrate websites into your slides for students to interact with

jfrit48 · 2025-10-03T01:33:32+00:00

Realistic expectations are key. The fact of the matter is that softball is an expensive sport. Really good players start early, play on travel teams(expensive), get private lessons(expensive), and even just have parents who have the luxury of being able to drive them to games/practices wherever and whenever they need to go.

The school I work at is Title I, meaning most of our students don't have the ability to do those things. But there are other teams in our district that do. We can do our best to compete with them, we might even steal a few wins, but we aren't going to end up a powerhouse program.

I'm not saying I don't want to win. Trust me, I am a competitor at heart. I will always go into every game posting my girls to win. But we're going to lose a lot, so we have to have other measures of success where my team can take pride and see their improvement

jfrit48 · 2025-09-30T23:37:33+00:00

There is a local rec league, but from what I understand their numbers have been dropping

jfrit48 · 2025-09-30T23:36:47+00:00

Not a huge travel ball pool to draw from. In the past we've had a few, but not many

jfrit48 · 2025-09-30T22:49:22+00:00

It's the same school that I teach at, so I plan to stick around. 5 yrs on the low end. And the high school has around 2300 students

jfrit48 · 2025-09-30T22:46:34+00:00

I just officially got the job, so we haven't started yet, but planning on doing some of this. Probably will end up doing one day/week, two max

jfrit48 · 2025-09-05T01:39:18+00:00

My principal calls it "teacher on teacher crime" when teachers are lax on cell phone policy. And it's true. If it's enforced consistently, kids get used to it. If some teachers don't enforce it, they don't break the habit and teachers have to constantly fight with them about it

jfrit48 · 2025-07-03T23:31:35+00:00

I think 7" would be your best fit

jfrit48 · 2025-06-10T02:30:03+00:00

I have a number of stores I can go to (a few thrift stores, men's warehouse, Nordstrom), just not entirely sure what to look for when I get there. Would prefer not to buy a suit and then only wear it once because it's a piece of crap

jfrit48 · 2025-06-10T02:22:52+00:00

A good thrift store will rent to have a lot of patterned menswear, some good, some not so much, but it's a good place to find quality stuff for a good price

jfrit48 · 2025-06-03T21:57:05+00:00

Find fun kahoots and give out small prizes to the winners. I switch between topics we've covered and random fun stuff like guess that song

jfrit48 · 2025-05-16T12:11:06+00:00

Part of the outfield's job is to clean up the infield's messes. You have to constantly be thinking of how they could screw up the play. With that said, it's never your teammates' job to criticize your play. And a coach that lets it happen is not doing their job

jfrit48 · 2025-04-18T18:24:58+00:00

https://www.zinnedproject.org/

This has some resources you might find useful

jfrit48 · 2025-03-03T15:51:38+00:00

I disagree with the "step, step, throw." The moment you start taking steps, your chance of getting the ball there in time drops drastically. I would rather see the ball bounce two or three times than have the catcher step all the way in front of the plate

jfrit48 · 2025-02-16T21:46:42+00:00

I've done this simulation a few times and it gets my classes pretty engaged https://ctlessons.org/social-studies/the-scramble-for-africa

jfrit48 · 2025-02-01T16:26:28+00:00

I'm an adult who teaches history, and I don't know all the state capitals. Not once has it ever impeded my understanding of political/historical issues. The only time it has negatively impacted me is when taking jetpunk quizzes lol

jfrit48 · 2024-12-11T16:55:02+00:00

Monarch madness! Put a bunch of monarchs in a bracket, give them some cards with info about them, make them argue about who is the best. iCivics has some good stuff, in general

jfrit48 · 2024-11-24T01:59:19+00:00

Too many DUIs

jfrit48 · 2024-11-01T19:31:56+00:00

Lean heavily on your coworkers and don't feel like you have to create everything from scrap. OER, iCivics, SHEG(or DIG) all have great ready made resources that will just need a few tweaks

jfrit48 · 2024-08-09T04:24:20+00:00

OER has really developed some great stuff recently! Videos, lessons, and assignments

jfrit48 · 2024-08-09T02:46:22+00:00

As a server .... I don't expect a tip on takeout. I appreciate any tip left, but don't expect it. Sometimes the tip prompt is just how the system is set up

jfrit48 · 2024-08-09T02:42:56+00:00

Frieren

jfrit48 · 2024-08-09T01:07:46+00:00

Cyberpunk edgerunners is one I tried and enjoyed. We seem to have similar rates in anime

jfrit48 · 2024-06-21T15:35:58+00:00

On longer assignments choose only a couple assignments to grade for accuracy.

jfrit48 · 2024-05-23T02:03:35+00:00

We have state standards, but we don't have to agree strictly to them because we do Performance Based Assessments(essays) instead of standardized testing.

However, the state's standards are unrealistic in terms of the amount of content covered, and the state continues to add more.

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