One of the things that I love about our HUSD Twitter Chat is the amazing resources that I learn about from the conversations that I am able to have with teachers in our district. In a recent Twitter Chat, one of our coaches (thanks @Dfcain!) shared that the application Kami is a great resource for… Read More PDF & Document Markup with Kami
HyperDocs are quickly becoming one of my favorite things in education. As the HyperDocs website states: HyperDocs, a transformative, interactive Google Doc replacing the worksheet method of delivering instruction, is the ultimate change agent in the blended learning classroom. As a major blended learning classroom advocate, I am finding that HyperDocs are becoming a way… Read More Systems of Equations HyperDoc: Comparing Cell Phone Plans
In case you have not realized, I am completely in love with all things Google. Seriously…Everything Google creates is amazing and I love finding ways to utilize these products in my classroom. (Or just in life in general – it’s just that amazing!) My new Google obsession: Google Keep! Google Keep is a note-taking and… Read More Google Keep: An Overview
It’s been awhile since I have had the chance to sit down and build a new BreakoutEDU Digital, but my students were begging that I create another one for our current unit. It’s amazing to see how much these students LOVE the BreakoutEDU Digital games that I have brought into the classroom. As I’ve mentioned before,… Read More BreakoutEdu Digital: Save the Uber Driver!
As a math teacher, I think that we often forget the importance of vocabulary in the math classroom. We know it is needed, we know that students need to understand certain vocabulary words, but how often do we really give students the time to explore these vocabulary words? In previous years, I have used Frayer… Read More Frayer Model + Google Slides = Vocabulary Slide Deck!
This weekend, I am attending and presenting at the EdTech Team’s Los Angeles County Summit. That’s right – I’m not just attending, but also presenting. It is completely out of my comfort zone to present outside of my own district, but it is something that I have been wanting to do since I attended our… Read More Out of My Comfort Zone: Presenting at a Summit
Back in September, I wrote an article about how I had quickly fallen down the Twitter Rabbit Hole. I knew that Twitter existed (obviously) and I even knew that there was this whole world of educators on it. I just hadn’t really gotten into using Twitter as a source of professional development…yet. While attending an… Read More Starting our own Twitter Chat – HUSD Style!
Today I will be sharing the resources from our third Unit, which covers square roots, exponents, and scientific notation! The class that I teach is aligned to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) but it is an 7th grade Math Honors course that contains all of the 7th grade standards and the majority of the… Read More Exponents & Roots: Google Slides & Resources for Flipping!
Over the last week, Twitter has been filled with the #OneWord2017 hashtag by the many educators that I follow. Everyone is trying to determine their “one word” to guide and shape their year. In a sense, I guess you could compare it to the classic “New Year’s Resolutions” that millions of people adopt at the… Read More One Word 2017 – Strength
As 2016 comes to a close, I find myself reflecting on the year and the educational goals that I have for the upcoming year. In many ways, 2016 was an amazing year, but it was equally challenging and difficult. It was a year where I felt that I grew as a teacher but was also… Read More My 2017 Educational Goals
