I’ve been feeling a bit beat up this week. It was a long, busy week with lots of good things, but almost an equal number of frustrating, hurtful, or tiring experiences. I am not going to go into much detail, but by Thursday I was ready for the weekend. This is very uncharacteristic for me.… Read More The Kindness of Students
Informative Speech As an AVID teacher, I try to develop lesson and/or create opportunities for students perform speeches during the school year. My reason behind this is twofold: 1.) It is important for students to be able to organize their ideas and thoughts into an efficient and concise speech and 2.) It is important for… Read More Gamifying Student Speeches
Last year, I jumped into the Flipped Classroom world and I never came back out. I love my flipped classroom! More importantly, the students love it! Before the flipped classroom, the homework was always an assignment with a set of problems. (That’s not to say that this doesn’t occur anymore, it’s just less than it… Read More The Number System: Google Slides for Flipping
To Give a Second Chance or Not Give a Second Chance, That is the Question It’s very natural for any teacher, who has been teaching for an extended period of time, to look back at the beginning of their teaching career and think, “Is that really how I used to do things?” I’ve been in… Read More Second Chances: Allowing Students the Opportunity to Improve
As I have participated in a variety of educational Twitter chats this week, I have noticed one common idea among all of the educators. For educators, this idea could be terrifying or unnerving. It could be intimidating and potentially frustrating. However, it also has the ability to create and implement educational strategies that are highly effective… Read More Take a Leap, Jump Out of Your Comfort Zone
The Why Over the last two weeks, I have heard multiple times about the benefits of being actively involved on Twitter as an educator. I’ve heard this before but, for some reason, it had a greater impact upon than in the past. Perhaps it is the number ofd times that I have heard about it… Read More Down the Twitter Rabbit Hole
There are many “buzzwords” in education today and blended learning is at the top of the list. Blended learning is an instructional strategy that combines face-to- face instruction with online learning. What does this mean? What does this look like in the classroom setting? Is it even possible to combine face-to- face instruction with online learning with… Read More Blended Learning: Creating an Individualized Learning Experience for Students