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John Meehan (@MeehanEDU) is an English teacher and school instructional coach at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington, Virginia. He began his teaching career in 2010 as a career switcher through The New Teacher Project, after spending five years working in social media and event marketing. He is a 2017 ASCD Emerging Leader, and an alumnus of the 2016-2018 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Teacher Advisory Council. In 2016, he was named one of Arlington, Virginia’s “40 Under 40” by the Leadership Center for Excellence. He is a past presenter and regular attendee at educational conferences throughout the United States, including the annual conference for National Catholic Education Association, ASCD Empower19, and the Play Like a Champion Today: Character Education Through Sports summer conference at the University of Notre Dame. He’s an avid runner who’s completed more than three dozen marathons, half marathons, long-distance road relays, mud runs, and obstacle course races. John lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.
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Received word from the good folks at DBC today that they’ve sent the latest draft…
This post might sound very English major of me, so feel free to skip it…
Double dose of presentation session info coming in hot from NCEA 2019 this afternoon. And…
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Got some old plastic Easter Eggs kicking around your attic? Grab some scissors to turn…
Just received the feedback from last week’s full-day training at Shenandoah University through VASCD. Super…
My sincere and heartfelt thanks to Laurie McCullough and the great people of VASCD for…
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Wanted to extend an enthusiastic THANK YOU to all of the fine teachers from the…
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This summer I had the chance to attend the Serious Play Conference at George Mason…
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Time to let the cat out of the bag! On Thursday, October 4, thanks to…
Getting our Level 1 #gamification certification geek on at @SeriousPlayConf with @monicacornetti. We’re pirates, naturally!…
Stumbled across this little gem on my travels across the almighty interwebs this week. Using…
This week I had the awesome opportunity to connect with Rob Alvarez all the way…
Big news on the presentation front! After years of applying with no luck, I received…
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Michael Matera, author of the outstanding classroom gamification book eXPlore Like a Pirate, invited me back…
Wanted to provide an electronic copy of our presentation from this week’s NCEA conference in…
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