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• Getting My Mojo Back

  

  After a year of being out of the classroom and learning the ins and outs of my new district (both the spoken and unspoken rules), I feel like I'm finally gettin... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2014 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• Balancing Experience with Skills

  

  I'm a science teacher. What kind of balance picture would you expect out of me? I have students this year that don't know how to make their own meaning.That's... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2014 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• Sharing is Caring - Cell Transport Goodness

  I have been teaching for so long that I often rediscover things I developed many moons ago. It's kind of like shopping deep in the back of my own closet, only... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2014 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• Don't Let Them Hold You Back

  

  My lesson plans and the to-do list from my plans. So we were planning yesterday. It was all of the science teachers from both of our high schools, and we were... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2014 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• My Small Wins

  

  I caught myself being very hard on myself yesterday. I think it's easy for teachers (specifically reflective teachers) to focus more on what they feel to be... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2014 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• Building RAFTs for Learning

  

  I'm big into synthesis. Just because I say something in class to students take notes over something doesn't mean that any real learning has taken place. Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2014 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• A Little Ditty About My Day.

  

  I really should be doing other things. I should be updating my lesson plans for tomorrow (my plans are always mere suggestions for the week). I should be... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2014 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• Feedback in a Snap Using Nearpod

  

  I'm big on student self-designed labs. I think they are fabulous ways of not only meeting the NGSS Science Engineering Practices but also teaching students ho... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2014 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• So I Did Some NGSS Today and Some Math Broke Out.

  

  No lie - check out the math goodness below: I have to say that this is the first time I've had a student bust out the old f(x) in class since my days of teachin... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2014 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• Questions

  It's been about 3 weeks since school started, and those three weeks have been full of questions. I've posed a lot of questions, being new to my building and... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2014 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• I Hate This Class

  "I hate this class. You're too strict. I just hate it." That's what one of my students said yesterday when I asked him why he wouldn't participate in class,... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2014 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• Strange Things I Do

  

  Today my students performed a lab they designed all by their lonesomes. They weren't perfect labs because, for about 95% of my students, this was a new... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2014 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• Got Those Old Textbook Blues

  Having taught for three years in a 1:1 classroom, I am now back in classroom where students don't have devices when they come into class.All they have is a... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2014 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• Beginning of the School Year Musings

  I've been lesson planning all day today. I'm starting at a new school, with a new curriculum and new people and a new way of doing things that is considered... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2014 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• Lessons Learned

  Now that I am no longer officially a K-12 Curriculum Director, the ol' blogging words are flowing a little more freely for some reason. Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2014 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• Moving Forward

  

  Photo credit: CrazyFast via Flickr Yesterday I was an administrator. Today I am a teacher again.This year was a tough year for me. It's why I haven't blogged... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2014 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• How's It Going?

  I have started to write this post about 3 bajillion times over the last 2 months. I get about two paragraphs in and then delete the whole thing, worried if I'm... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2014 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• Screencastify: Screencasting in Chrome

  

  I got a touchscreen Chromebook for Christmas this year. I am pretty much in love with the thing, especially since I'm a heavy Chrome user on any other device... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2014 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• Touring the PARCC Website

  I was planning on showing my staff the wonders of Educanon and EDpuzzle, two tools that allow the addition of interactive elements to videos, during some... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2014 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE

• Educanon: Flipping Made Easy

  

  Earlier this year, I came across a neat little video tool called Educanon as I was cruising through the #edtech hashtag. This is an easy-to-use web tool that... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2014 SCHOOLING, SCIENCE