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