Elizabeth Matlick has been using Floop since the beginning! She is part of the founding crew helping to think up and create the peer feedback component of Floop. Elizabeth currently teaches English to middle school students in Bozeman, Montana. She previously served as a writing specialist for 7th-12th graders in Bellevue, Washington. Now more than …
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Emily Kavanagh has been using Floop since September 2019. She currently works as a middle school Special Education Social Studies Teacher at Phoenix Academy part of Anne Arundel County Public Schools. She has held previous positions as a high school Special Education Social Studies Teacher at Phoenix Academy part of Anne Arundel County Public Schools. …
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Amy Morriss has been using Floop since 2017, primarily in her work as a high school Physics, Engineering, and Robotics teacher outside of New Orleans, LA. She has held previous positions as a technical coordinator for the telemedicine and distance learning department of Lake Charles Memorial Hospital in Lake Charles, LA, a research analyst for …
Christine Witcher is a co-founder of Floop and has been using it since conception. She is a technology and innovation specialist for grades 5-12, teaches middle school science, and manages a makerspace at Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, an all-girls school in Bellevue, Wash. https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-witcher-17542724/ – I wanted to switch my classroom focus …
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Franco Posa has been using Floop since Fall 2017. He currently works as a physics and engineering teacher at St. John’s School in Houston, TX. He has held previous positions as physics teacher and network engineer in Maryland Public Schools. He has been married for 35 years to Mary Posa and has two children and three …
If you are an educator, feedback and assessment have been a part of your vocabulary and discussions for as long as you can remember. Sometimes the terms are used interchangeably or confused for one another, yet they are so different. In looking up the definitions of “feedback” and “assessment”, you will find one of the …
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As educators, we want to create a classroom that is an inviting and productive place. In order for this to exist, it must be equitable and inclusive to all learners regardless of their backgrounds or abilities. “Equity in the classroom means making sure every student has the resources and support they need to be successful” …
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Kevin Ruiz is a senior at Cleveland STEM High School and a marketing intern at Floop. My experience In early March I was in the middle of soccer practice when we found out school would be suspended for one day so it could be cleaned out and disinfected in case Covid-19 had been in the …
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To all teachers and students reading this, I’m Kevin Ruiz a rising senior at Cleveland STEM high school, starting the first week of September I’ll be starting my senior year, and with that comes lots of excitement but also disappointment that we won’t get to start our senior year being in school with our classmates …
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As a teacher in Seattle, I’ve seen my class size dwindle through the week. On Monday, 15% of students were absent. On Wednesday, 30% were absent. And on Friday, I had less than half of my students in class. Walking the hallways felt like a ghost town. My 1st period class on Friday. Half of …
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