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Alex Mirkowski @amirkowski

Technology and Innovation Coach, Mom, World Traveler, Wannabe Filmmaker/Artist/Bass Guitarist, EAL Humanities Teacher

Joined February 2012
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It’s about team teaching in EAL, not co-teaching!
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Wow! youtu.be/T2oJ5bk34-M?si=CWS_… Love this video!

To the girl in English class

Reclamation of our mother tongue from the rubbles of colonialism. I...

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Paul Andersen @paulandersen
2 Mar 2023
I’m Making a New Thing! Excited to announce Switch-Its: Magnetic Whiteboard Blocks. Learn more and join me on this journey! youtu.be/qGNe8stt__8
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Love this! The obstacle becomes the way… keynote @JulieHStern #ELMLEPorto
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AI-assisted plagiarism? ChatGPT bot says it has an answer for that theguardian.com/technology/2… Love the idea of "watermarking the outputs"

AI-assisted plagiarism? ChatGPT bot says it has an answer for that

Silicon Valley firm insists its new text generator, which writes human-sounding essays, can overcome fears over cheating

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I love my job. Thankful for all of my wonderful students @WBAISIsrael
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Making connections helps students process their reading #texttotext #texttoself #texttoworld @WBAISIsrael
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Ss demonstrate their reading comprehension with #sketchnotes @WBAISIsrael #wbaismsrocks
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Megan Vosk (she/her) @megan_vosk
4 Nov 2022
The #AMLE22 teacher-leader committee presented on the topic of teacher leadership at the national conference in Orlando this weekend. Check out the slideshow and feel free to use it in your own school and community! #leadership #middleschool #AMLE22 docs.google.com/presentation…

So You're a Teacher Leader - Now What?!

So You’re a Teacher Leader - Now What?! Presented by the AMLE Teacher Leader Committee [Slide up when attendees enter the room] Planning Committee and Presenters*: Megan Vosk - Vientiane, Laos Sandy...

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Who gets to play bass guitar with an amazing group of middle schoolers and faculty? I do! Love my job! @WBAISIsrael #wbaismsrocks #Rocktober @TedOCschool
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Impact @ImpactWales
25 Sep 2022
Make sure pupils understand exam command words. ⤵️✅ Go to impact.wales & click ImpactPlus for more of our resources.
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Ted O'Connell @TedOCschool
9 Sep 2022
Very proud that Dr Stuart Fleischer is representing @WBAISIsrael and the GAIA Project in London at #PIEoneers22 as a finalist for the Sustainability International Impact Award!
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Ted O'Connell @TedOCschool
30 Aug 2022
Making a difference at @WBAISIsrael with @amirkowski #wbaismsrocks
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Ted O'Connell @TedOCschool
16 Aug 2022
Ready for students tomorrow at @WBAISIsrael !!! Let’s go Falcons! #wbaismsrocks #thelovingschool This month we build community by celebrating Aug-US-t! @dudrosen @wbaislibrary @amirkowski @kirstenwelbes
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#mysteryskype @WBAISIsrael @WBAISMS Are you in India? After two months, grade 7 EAP students figure out that the mystery class is in India! Thank you @megan_vosk. Let’s do this again next year!
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Ted O'Connell @TedOCschool
7 Apr 2022
Great “lock in” day at @WBAISIsrael in the MS! So much fun with a Carnival and Talent Show, including the MS Teacher Rock Band! Thanks to all the Falcons for making this day amazing! #wbaismsrocks
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MS EAL students write #bookspinepoetry @WBAISMS @WBAISIsrael
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#peerediting @wbaisisrael Students improve their writing using feedback from their peers.
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Advisory buttons @WBAISIsrael are ready!
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All languages are welcome in the MS EAP class @WBAISIsrael! For ten minutes every Falcon Day, #EAL Ss volunteer to teach other Ss something about their country/culture. Today, we learned some Hebrew basics. #KorimliMsAlex #mothertongue #buildingcommunity #translanguaging
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