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Paul Barnwell

New Hampshire
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Covers:  public school issues, professional learning, curriculum, teaching, technology in education, travel, cultural exchange
educator, writer, hobby farmer

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Over the course of thirteen years working in the Kentucky public school system, I wore a number of hats. Middle and High School English teacher. PLC leader. Union representative. SBDM council member. Hybrid educator. Writer/journalist.

More so than any official recognition, title, or accomplishment, I'm proud of embracing continually learning, writing, reflecting, and challenging the status-quo. I don't know where I'll land next professionally, but I'm enjoying the liminal space of possibility …

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How to Do Good Better

How to Do Good Better

November 2017 | Volume 59 | Number 11 Districts Vow to Not "Lose One More Kid" to Opioids Paul Barnwell By co…

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Expanding Access to the Nation's Top Colleges

Expanding Access to the Nation's Top Colleges

June 2017 | Volume 59 | Number 6 Will Teacher Microcredentials Upend the $8 Billion PD Industry? Paul Barnwel…

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Can Computers Replace Teachers?

Can Computers Replace Teachers?

A veteran educator reflects on the personalized-learning trend that's left him wondering if a computer is mor…

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Schools Are Failing To Develop Students With Moral Identities

Schools Are Failing To Develop Students With Moral Identities

The pressures of national academic standards have pushed character education out of the classroom.

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Effort pushing deeper learning in JCPS | Paul Barnwell

Effort pushing deeper learning in JCPS | Paul Barnwell

Many schools are still mired in a state of narrowly-defined assessments that do little to stoke the passions …

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A teacher's plea to bosses: Give us 'time and autonomy to create solutions'

A teacher's plea to bosses: Give us 'time and autonomy to create solutions'

If you talk to teachers about their jobs, one of the things you will hear most consistently is that they don'…

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Building connections through a wood-fired sauna

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By Paul Barnwell
| Concord Monitor
Most Saturday mornings this fall, I've risen fairly early, brewed a pot of coffee and stepped outside into the morning air. The ground has often been shimmering with dew or icy with frost, and my footsteps leave a trail as I walk from my front door to the backyard to start the ritual of preparing a wood-fired sauna. I grab newspaper, kindling and small splits of dry ash, maple and oak hardwood. I light a wood stove, fill an aluminum bucket with water and lay out towels on the cedar benches.
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Copyright, Creative Commons, and Fair Use in the Classroom

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By Paul Barnwell
| Common Sense
Creating, sharing, and repurposing content has never been easier. It's second nature for students—and many teachers—to create content of all kinds with added music, distribute or tweak memes, and copy and paste online materials for presentation. But what about the authorship rights associated with remixing and reusing? Are the materials we borrow from the internet free and fair to use? And what's the deal with AI and copyright?
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I Quit Teaching and Became a Handyman-and I’ve Never Been Happier

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By Paul Barnwell
| LinkedIn
Agree & Join LinkedIn By clicking Continue, you agree to LinkedIn’s User Agreement, Privacy Policy, and Cookie Policy. Sign in to view more content Create your free account or sign in to continue your search or New to LinkedIn? Join now or New to LinkedIn? Join now Skip to main content Earlier this past fall, I woke up not worrying about my unruly sixth period class or digital stacks of ungraded student writing.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Intern with Concord Monitor (NH) sports desk during high school.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No more than treating it like a percussion instrument when I was a wee lad!

How is social media changing news?

What gets noticed seems to be driven not by quality, necessarily, but by influencers, timing, etc.

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