Category: Adventures in Education
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About Education & Being an Educator (retired).
![What Did You Do to Celebrate International Day of Play?](https://i0.wp.com/joebustillos.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2024-06-11-LEGO-31147-Retro-Camera-build-2.png?resize=400%2C284&ssl=1)
I was just thinking the other day that here I am, I’ve just purchased a mess of LEGO kits but I’ve been spending ...
![One Year Ago Today Really Was the Last Day](https://i0.wp.com/joebustillos.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2023-05-22-My-Mailbox-Nametag.png?resize=400%2C284&ssl=1)
One year ago today was my last day as a teacher. I spent the morning finishing up cleaning my room and packing my ...
![Nothing Say’s “Retired” Like… One-Year Anniversary of My Last Day Teaching](https://i0.wp.com/joebustillos.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2023-05-22-Last-Day-Selfie-2.png?resize=400%2C284&ssl=1)
For reasons beyond my pay grade, my former school district had decided to bring all of us back into the classroom ...
![Video Fridays: Teachers Who Made a Difference](https://i0.wp.com/joebustillos.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/thank-you-teachers-profs.png?resize=400%2C284&ssl=1)
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A montage video popped up in my feeds of celebrities sharing ...
![Almost a Full Year Later…](https://i0.wp.com/joebustillos.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pexels-photo-289740.jpeg?resize=400%2C284&ssl=1)
This one popped in my feed:
Teaching = 6 daily improv shows
It’s almost been a whole school year… but the ...
![CCSD Pilots Signal Blocking Cell Phone Pouches & The Problem with Banning Tech in the Classroom](https://i0.wp.com/joebustillos.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CCSD-Signal-Blocking-Pouches-KVVU-TV-Fox-5.png?resize=400%2C284&ssl=1)
Since February CCSD has been piloting a program in 10% of it’s schools where 6th-12th grade students are required ...
![When the Experiment Gets Gamed: How Often Are Phones Used During Class?](https://i0.wp.com/joebustillos.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2019-03-08-4th-Pertod-phone-interruptions-posted-by-Smart-School-House.png?resize=400%2C284&ssl=1)
This Facebook post popped up in my feeds (thanks Johanna Bahnana):((I find it interesting that this ...
![The ADI Editor’s Wild Hair: Religion in the Classroom](https://i0.wp.com/joebustillos.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/religion-in-the-classroom1.png?resize=400%2C284&ssl=1)
Introduction: Over five years passed between Air, Dirt & Ink issues 4 and 5. When issue 4 was published I was ...
![Teaching Could’ve Gotten Better After COVID](https://i0.wp.com/joebustillos.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2023-05-22-Last-group-of-robotics-students-period-7-1.png?resize=400%2C284&ssl=1)
I held out for 28-years, and would have kept at it… for the reasons this wise fellow lays out. It could have ...
![Meditation On Things Wearing Out](https://i0.wp.com/joebustillos.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2024-01-22-Torn-Bedsheet.png?resize=400%2C284&ssl=1)
While making my bed I discovered a tear in my bottom bedsheet. Ugh, Mondays... Am I right? I guess that’s what I ...
![A Substitute’s Observation & My Encouragement to Those Still “In Country”](https://i0.wp.com/joebustillos.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2023-05-23-Cashman-Robotics-Lab-Packed-7.png?resize=400%2C284&ssl=1)
This showed up in my feed:
“Six years ago, I considered going back to school to get a certificate in elementary ...
![Gratitude Challenge: Day 25: Yay, Tech!](https://i0.wp.com/joebustillos.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_5401-scaled.jpeg?resize=400%2C284&ssl=1)
For the month of November I'm participating in a daily gratitude challenge posted by the journaling app that I ...