Kyle’s Blogs

Welcome to the #HamstraHighlights Archive!

• #HamstraHighlights is Kyle’s platform for reflecting upon life, family, and career, with a focus on educational leadership, curriculum, and STEM.
• #HamstraHighlights is committed to maintaining a comprehensive learning portfolio, featuring many points of reference from which to measure growth over time. Therefore, it’s possible to read a post from the past that may not align with Kyle’s current perspectives. This is the learning journey as a process, as opposed to the showcase portfolio that only features the very best products.
• Kyle invites feedback! Please comment on his posts. Starting and continuing conversations can help us become better together.
• Here is a complete list of Kyle’s #HamstraHighlights blog posts:

• Getting It Right–Part V: Official Review
• Checking In…
• 3 Must-Haves for Any Professional Learning Experience
• Getting It Right–Part IV: Circle Back
• Top 5 #HamstraHighlights of 2021
• My #OneWord2022
• The Bad Model
• My Top 10 Places of Peace
• Formatives for the Win
• The Best Card
• Getting It Right–Part III: Missing Information
• Getting It Right–Part II: Growing Perspective
• Getting It Right–Part I: Food for Thought
• #TwoGolds
• TOXIC?
• 7 Norms of Collaboration: Paraphrase
• A Legacy That Matters: Part III
• Collegiality > Congeniality: Examples in Action
• Implications of Microteaching
• Collegiality > Congeniality: Empathy
• Passion Projects Are Personal Investments
• Collegiality > Congeniality
• Book Review: The Gifts of Imperfections
• How Do You Archive?
• Podcasts for Professional Learning
• ROI–Part I: Rethinking Professional Learning Feedback
• Zooming In On the Virtual Conference
• Same Tool, Different Function: Part I
• Article Review–Part I: Ed tech’s failure during the pandemic, and what comes after
• The Interview of a Lifetime
• Judging the Science Fair
• Alone Together Reflection: Deep–Then Wide
• To Meme Or Not?
• My #OneWord2021: Connect
• Top 5 #HamstraHighlights of 2020
• #31daysofjoy
• The Irreplaceable Conference
• Pomp In Circumstance
• Scrambling New Year’s Resolutions
• #30daysofgratitude
• Bee Witches
• Crowd Noise Matters
• The #Hashtag180 App
• What’s Your Inspiration Date?
• With Me
• Trustworthy Leadership
• Vulnerable Moments
• A Time to Listen
• Are We Grading for Learning?
• Approachable and Coachable
• Is It Time to Move Beyond Percentage-Based Grading?
• HappyGram!
• Shark Tank
• It’s Time to Dance!
• What’s in Your Wake?
• How Do You Measure Student Learning?
• Dear Netflix
• Upon Reflection: The Best PD
• Standards-Based Grading Changes Feedback
• Today is for Us: Daddy! Hold My Hand!
• Book Review: White Fragility–Part III
• Are You an Instructional Leader?
• Microteaching for Macrolearning
• Airplane Stacking
• Book Review: White Fragility–Part II
• StrengthsFinder 2.0
• Halfway Through #MyOneWord2020
• Anti-Racist Next Steps?
• The Wonder Years
• Edcamp Remote Learning
• #OneThought: Covidgilance
• Book Review: White Fragility–Part I
• Book Review: Attached
• That’s Not A Tech Question
• Medium > Message: Proximity
• Medium > Message: The Grid View Life
• Medium > Message: Read Aloud
• #CoronaVirus: On Education
• #CoronaVirus Disrupts Learning?
• #OneThought: #CoronaVirus
• Meaningful Artifacts for Meaningful Reflection–Part II
• Meaningful Artifacts for Meaningful Reflection–Part I
• My First Parent-Teacher Conference as a Parent
• #Fitat40: My 72-Hour Rule
• My #OneWord2020: Forward
• Top 5 #HamstraHighlights of 2019
• Edupreneurialism: Present and Future
• #OneThought: Relationships
• Are Your Professional Learning Experiences Effective?
• #OneThought: Expression
• #OneThought: Science Literacy
• The Perfect Video
• Transforming Teacher Evaluation
• #Teacherlife–Child Care Sickness
• Another Look At 40
• #Teacherlife–Child Care–Day 1
• #TeacherLife–Child Care Doubts
• Snapshots, Soundbites, Shame
• The Leadership Line
• #WhyIBlog: Beyond My Standards
• What I Never Knew as a Classroom Teacher
• My First Poster: #GridPlans at #NCTIES19
• Pedestal Problems
• Field Trips: Fun, Learning, or Both?
• ZZAZaA (My Son’s First Blog)
• From Abstract to Hands-On
• Learning By Doing
• 3 Takeaways from My District Presentation
• Beyond the Resume
• Check It At The Door?
• Inescapable Small Wins
• Another Winning Perspective
• The Winning Perspective
• Navigating Conflict: 5 Simple Questions
• How Do You Evaluate Resources?
• Our Changing Seasons
• The Extravagant Conference Session
• Be Still
• Drama That Sticks
• Carpool Differentiation
• The Archive
• Meandering Time Management
• Starting an Equity Team at My School
• Specialist Goes Back to the Classroom: Part III: Integrating With Specialists
• A Look At 40
• Social Media–What’s in it for Me?
• I’m Google Certified. Does That Make Me a Good Teacher? Part II
• Continuity Clause?
• Trade Days
• Management: Classrooms vs Specials
• Making Professional Learning Better: REDOing Webinars
• #WhyITeach: Part I
• My #OneWord2019: Marketing
• Top 5 #HamstraHighlights of 2018
• Science: Facts vs Literacy
• I’m Google Certified. Does That Make Me a Good Teacher? Part I
• A Legacy That Matters: Part II
• #HamstraHighlights Turns Two
• Leaves of Absence
• My (Former) Misconceptions About the Racial Equity Institute
• Of Hard Work and Sawdust
• Reflection Space
• If You Won the Lottery
• Best. Advice. Ever. Part II
• Best. Advice. Ever. Part I
• Are We Sharing Resources Efficiently?
• #GridSciNC
• A Legacy That Matters: Part I
• Flies and Honey, Beets and Beans
• Playback, Reflect, Grow
• Biggest Challenge in Education?
• The CrEDible Coach
• About That Conference
• The #Hashtag180 App!
• DOING Professional Learning: Part 3
• #GridCulum
• Myalstones: Multiplying Leaders
• 4 Ways to Personalize Twitter
• Flipgrid Your Sub Plans
• Hesitant to #ARVRinEDU
• Perceiving Public Ed
• Thank A Mentor
• Some Assembly Required
• Google IT
• Makerspace: Standards AND Fun
• 4 Reasons to Morning Meeting
• STEM: Standards AND Fluff
• De-Sense-ITized
• Twitter Mindset
• #Hashtag180 Central
• Reflection Over Time
• Edcamp Revamped
• Doing Professional Learning: Part 2
• Bad Words: Curriculum
• 10 Myths About Relationships
• Do Relationships Equal Learning?
• Love for Miles
• Love for Myals
• The #ncties That Bind
• Sick Day Feelings
• 1 Tweet 10 Likes
• One Small Change 2
• One Small Change
• Making Memories
• Winning the #Edtech Race
• #NCASCDImpacts Conference Reflections
• Speaking Communication Format Language
• Speaking Appreciation Language
• #AudienceMatters Part IV: My First Microcast
• Current Event Summit
• Twitter: The Student Portfolio
• #AudienceMatters Part III: More Than Hashtags
• #AudienceMatters Part II: Viewers, Followers, Friends
• Slow. Down.
• #OneWord2018: Segments
• Top 5 #HamstraHighlights of 2017
• Just Wait…
• Between Sketchnotes and Text
• What Twitter Says About You
• Can I Give 150%?
• Facilitating Expert Networks
• DOING Professional Learning
• Giving Professional Passions
• Living Professional Passions
• Facilitating Expert Instruction
• Living Life Without Finish Lines
• You Have to LIVE IT!
• North Carolina Curriculum Hashtags
• 10 Reasons Why You Should Hashtag Curriculum Objectives
• Hashtagging ISTE Student Standards
• On the Grid?
• #AudienceMatters
• Adapting Professional Passions
• Guiding Professional Passions
• Rising Above the Storm
• Twitter’s Best-Kept Secret?
• My Big 3: #SolarEclipse2017
• Hashtag With Purpose!
• To Selfie or Not?
• Put the Phone… Down?
• 3 Ways to Build Real Relationships
• Face-to-Face: The REAL Social Space
• Can I Give 200%?
• The Heart. Beats…
• Less Characters, More Character
• 4 Takeaways from an ISTE Presenter
• Showcased Learning: The Second Question
• Specialist Goes Back to the Classroom: Part II: Flying in Formation
• #Hashtag180: Look Out for Learning!
• #Hashtag180: How To Hashtag North Carolina Science Essential Standards
• Join The #Hashtag180 Challenge!
• From Dewey Decimals To Hamstra Hashtags: 4 Steps to Sharing Learning Resources Efficiently
• My @ASCD #Empower17
• Specialist Goes Back to the Classroom: Part I: The R-Word
• What’s Best for Students?
• ANALOGous Cups of Coffee
• My #OneWord2017: Perfect
• Check It At The Door
• Publishing Before Perfect
• #ISTE2016—Not What I Thought
• Teaching On A Cart: 360°
• Hashtag A Community Around Your Curriculum