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How Not to Steal from the Internet - home. Onartandscience | Thoughts on the art and science of learning… Who Am I? Here is my official bio that I submit when folks ask...personally it feels a bit odd writing in third person. Josh Stumpenhorst is a 6th grade Language Arts and Social Science teacher at Lincoln Junior High School in Naperville, IL which is part of Naperville Community School District 203. In addition to teaching, he is an athletic director, team leader, computer club adviser track coach, basketball coach, and serves on numerous curriculum and technology committees at the school and district level. He holds a Master’s Degree in curriculum and instruction as well as a National Boards Certification in early adolescence social science. Beyond traditional professional development, Josh is an active member of the twitter (@stumpteacher) and blogging community as well as a respected presenter.

Josh is also credited for starting “Innovation Days” based on the motivation theories written by Daniel Pink where students choose and drive their learning activities. Lamb's Blog » Speech Club/Valentine’s Day! MinutePhysics. G-Town Talks 2.0, from Randolph Central - Educating Trumps Blocking. We’ve been blocking Google from our school computers because of the image search portion of the engine. This has made teachers insane because they can’t search for anything without being screen-doored. One of our elementary teachers couldn’t even search for a picture of a dove to supplement a reading activity today. Our students don’t even try to look for anything while at school if they’ve got access to a computer at home. One of our seniors, Nick, reported at the technology committee meeting that students who only used the school computers produced substandard projects for English class because their search for advertisements was so limited.

Enter the alternative to blocking everything—education. Stop filtering everything, teach kids how and where they can go on-line while in school, and give consequences to the 2% who make a mistake. I think they call this common sense. Internet Filtering and Blocking. Subjects. Skip to main content Your browser is not supported.This website may not work as expected. Please use the latest version of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Edge. <! Brooke Gelo / Jen Falk. Merging Great Classroom Management Techniques With A Fun Lesson. Class Schedule (January - March 2013) - 03.467 Internet for Educators.