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junruh.bsky.social @junruh.bsky.social · May 16

New Blog Post:
LBJ ➡️ Nixon Thin Slide
🪖 My Lai Sketch & Tell
✍️ Annotate & Tell troop withdrawal
✌️ Tunnels & Traps: VietCong vs. U.S.
🧠 2xPOV on Class Companion
🔥 Snorkl + CC = student growth!
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@eduprotocols.bsky.social @snorklapp.bsky.social @classcompanion.bsky.social

Week of 5/12–5/16 | “From Booby Traps to Breakthroughs: Accountability, AI, and the Vietnam War”

Let’s start with some major love—our CAASP scores came back, and our school jumped up 27 points in writing! Huge props to the ELA department for leading the charge. But the truth is, this growth di…

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junruh.bsky.social @junruh.bsky.social · May 7

WH-Rack and Stack
#FastandCurious
#SketchandTellO
#SketchandTell Timeline
@DHelmEDU Template SKAT + 3xCER
I used @SnorklApp to help me find students who needed extra guidance.
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junruh.bsky.social @junruh.bsky.social · May 2

📷 New Blog Post Drop! 📷 Snorkl + EduProtocols to streamline feedback, boost engagement, and support better writing. Real-time insights made all the difference.
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🔍 Week of 4/28–5/2: Breakthroughs with Snorkl & EduProtocols

This week felt like a breakthrough for me as an educator. I’ve always enjoyed using AI to make learning more accessible and meaningful. I realized Snorkl is essentially GoGuardian + Padlet + your d…

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junruh.bsky.social @junruh.bsky.social · Apr 15

When your podcast game is so strong, it extends to your socks.
Repping Under the Hat Podcast in style – because why just talk about it when you can walk it too?
Catch all the episodes here: underhatpod.com
#UnderTheHatPodcast #SockGameStrong

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junruh.bsky.social @junruh.bsky.social · Apr 11

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Come to the EduProtocols Laguna Beach Summer Academy 🌴
📍 El Morro Elementary
🗓️ July 24–25
💥 Hands-on sessions, ready-to-use strategies, and BEACH VIBES.
🔗 Register now: www.eduprotocolsplus.com/laguna-beach...
@eduprotocols.bsky.social

2025 EduProtocols Laguna Beach Summer Academy

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junruh.bsky.social @junruh.bsky.social · Apr 11

🚨New blog: From Road Trips to Reflection: Teaching Civil Rights with Purpose and Power 🚍
Includes docs, slides, & Class Companion links—everything you need to teach civil rights
bit.ly/ironcivilrights
#Edusky #iteachsocialstudies #Eduprotocols
@classcompanion.bsky.social @eduprotocols.bsky.social

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junruh.bsky.social @junruh.bsky.social · Apr 4

Just wrapped a 🔥 week of Civil Rights, JFK/LBJ, and Reconstruction with Frayers, Snorkl, Class Companion, Station Rotation & more.
AI + EduProtocols = equity, engagement, and breakthroughs.
Read the full blog: bit.ly/ironsnorkl
#edusky @classcompanion.bsky.social

Student-Powered, AI-Boosted: The Week Civil Rights Came Alive

This week was all about legacy—of presidents, of protest, of progress. From JFK’s New Frontier to Reconstruction’s fall and rise, we powered through domestic policy, dived into civil rights, …

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junruh.bsky.social @junruh.bsky.social · Apr 3

Just ran a 🔥 Rack & Stack on Bush v. Obama domestic policy for APUSH
✅ Fast & Curious
✅ Team Iron Chef (Bush vs. Obama)
✅ Tier List
✅ @shortanswer
Battle Royale
✅ Nacho Paragraph Rewrite
@classcompanion.bsky.social
Engaged, rigorous, and student-centered.
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junruh.bsky.social @junruh.bsky.social · Mar 14

If you are going to Spring CUE come say hi to me at one of my booth sessions, or all of them!

junruh.bsky.social @junruh.bsky.social · Mar 13

New on Iron Scholar:
All year, this student shut down when things got hard. This week?
👉 “Unruh, this is light work.”
Find out how @snorklapp.bsky.social & @classcompanion.bsky.social are the one-two punch students need for a truly equitable education.
bit.ly/IronSch

Breaking Barriers: From Shut Down to Showing Up – The Moment That Changed Everything

Four days. That’s all we had this week, but we made every second count. From Cold War espionage to the Cuban Revolution, students weren’t just learning—they were proving their understanding, refini…

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junruh.bsky.social @junruh.bsky.social · Mar 7

🔥 Iron Scholar: Accountability just leveled up! 🚀
🔹 @snorklapp.bsky.social transforms stdnt effort with real-time feedback & redos
🔹 Annotate & Tell Battleship + Archetype 4-Square
🔹 Stdnts aim for mastery 🎯
Read more: bit.ly/3DwIlwA

The Power of AI and Accountability in the Classroom: 3/3 – 3/7

This week, I found myself leaning more into AI tools, not just for feedback but for accountability. I’m always moving around the classroom, looking over shoulders, giving in-the-moment guidance—but…

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junruh.bsky.social @junruh.bsky.social · Feb 7

Iron Scholar:
✅Frayer
✅Thin Slide & #SketchandTell on padlet
✅#CyberSandwich w/ Class Companion
✅Solo #IronChef
Discover how #EduProtocols ignite curiosity & make inquiry-based learning come alive!
bit.ly/ironwk19
#iteachsocialstudies #sschat #eduprotocols

2/3-2/7: Teaching the Holocaust Through Inquiry, EduProtocols, and Deep Discussion

Some topics in history demand more time, more care, and more space for students to process. The Holocaust is one of those. This week, we dedicated three days to unpacking one of the darkest chapter…

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junruh.bsky.social @junruh.bsky.social · Feb 7

Join me at the Catalina Mixer! 🚀
📈student writing scores & save time with Class Companion
✅ Session 1: Nacho Paragraph + Cyber Sandwich
✅ Session 2: 3xCER + Retell & Rhyme + 8 Parts
🎫 18 sessions, slides, recordings-$24 FREE for members
✨ Details: tinyurl.com/EPCatalina

junruh.bsky.social @junruh.bsky.social · Jan 30

🏁World War I: Fronts and Ending Rack & Stack
✅Cyber Sandwich + Class Companion
✅ Sketch and Tell Comic
✅Annotate and Tell Battleship
✅Thick Slide
Check out the lesson here:
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junruh.bsky.social @junruh.bsky.social · Dec 18

🚢Have you tried smashing #AnnotateandTell w/ Battleship yet? Here are some examples from an APUSH lesson on the Middle Class in the Gilded Age.
✅FAC
✅Thin Slide
✅Annotate and Tell Battleship
✅Thick Slide
✅Frayer
✅Class Companion for SAQ
#Edusky #iteachsocialstudies
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junruh.bsky.social @junruh.bsky.social · Dec 17

📚Have you tried the new #Eduprotocol Emoji Escapade?🎯
Check out the example here in this APUSH-6.8 lesson.
✅Sketch and Tell Timeline
✅Thin Slide on #Kami
✅Thin Slide +Reading x2
✅Emoji Escapade
✅Sketch and Tell-O smashed w/ 3xCER
Lesson: docs.google.com/presentation...
#Edusky #iteachsocialstudies

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junruh.bsky.social @junruh.bsky.social · Dec 14

They use all the information to create their claims along with the thin slides. I forgot to link the reading for the settlement house. Had to push it through on google classroom.

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junruh.bsky.social @junruh.bsky.social · Dec 13

Link is broken, this one works: tinyurl.com/Ironwk15

Iron Scholar Week 15 by Justin Unruh

This Week in Iron Scholar: From Dictators to the Road to War This week, my juniors dove deep into the events that paved the way to World War II, blending historical analysis with creativity and col…

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junruh.bsky.social @junruh.bsky.social · Dec 13

🌟 This Week in Iron Scholar 🌟
🚀 EduProtocols in Action
⛴️Annotate & Tell Battleship: Gamify learning!
🛣️Road to War Project: #SignandTell w/ WWII analysis for real-world connections.
📖 Read more: tinyurl.com/Ironwk15http...
#Edusky #sschat #Iteachsocialstudies

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junruh.bsky.social @junruh.bsky.social · Dec 13

📚Attention Educators! 🧠
🎯 Join Justin Unruh and Drew Skeeler for a special episode of the EduProtocols in Practice: Social Studies & Beyond Show happening TOMORROW at 12 PM CST / 10 AM PST!
📷 Where to Watch: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Tag a teacher friend and spread the word!
#Edusky #sschat

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junruh.bsky.social @junruh.bsky.social · Dec 13

So I had them do it in class companion and then copy and paste it over. Its magical.

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junruh.bsky.social @junruh.bsky.social · Dec 12

🧠Have you ever used @ClassCompanion_ w/ 3xCER? Check out this APUSH lesson on the response to immigration for an example.📚
✅Fast and Curious
✅Thin Slide on Padlet
✅Thick Slide
✅Frayer
✅Sketch and Tell
✅#3xCER
Check out the lesson here: docs.google.com/presentation...
#Eduprotocols #Edusky

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junruh.bsky.social @junruh.bsky.social · Dec 11

📚Review Ideas🧠
✅#Fastandcurious
✅#ThinSlide x2 (on wrong answers)
✅FAC
✅#SketchandTell
✅FAC
or
✅FAC
✅#Randomemojipowerparagraph
✅FAC
Templates here -> docs.google.com/presentation...
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#Eduprotocols #iteachsocialstudies #Edusky

WH Review

@JustinUnruh16

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junruh.bsky.social @junruh.bsky.social · Dec 6

Iron Scholar-Wk 14
⚓️Annotate and Tell Battleship😀#REPP 🖍️#Sketch and Tell w/ Kami🛝Thin slide w/ kami 👑#4SquareArchetype & more

tinyurl.com/ISwk14

#iteachsocialstudies #Edusky

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junruh.bsky.social @junruh.bsky.social · Dec 5

🚢Here are some examples of regular #Annotateandtell and Annotate and Tell Battleship style. I'm finding that students are going much more in-depth. Their conversations are going deeper, and knowledge is migrating through their sharing. Off-topic conversations are occurring less. #Eduprotocols