Sessions notes… these are a bit rough but hopefully some good food for thought for those of you reading — Brief into to Summit Schools: 7 charter schools in the SF Bay area, and growing Reimagined HS model; take the best practices that we see out there and apply them to our schools Initial Goals: … Continue reading →

My first iNACOL experience is happening right now in sunny Palm Springs, California! Excited to be here to learn and chat about online & blended learning and best practices for teaching and learning. To begin, the opening keynote was titled: “Powering Up Kids and Teachers” and delivered by: Susan Patrick “President & CEO for the … Continue reading →

Our Sound Design & Programming class used MaKey MaKey’s and Scratch to create a musical instrument. With this instrument, students composed a musical piece and performed their composition for the class. Capturing the highs and lows that are a natural part of the creation process as students work on their projects in class. Objectives: To … Continue reading →

Perhaps I’m crazy, but one of my goals is to find a way to eliminate hand raising. Let me explain: Some students are naturally shy and less likely to raise their hand when they have a question or an answer to provide. Or, if they do raise their hand, they may not raise it high … Continue reading →

So what’s your favorite tech tool of the moment? Show me all of the tech tools that you know! Oh, have you heard of this tech tool? I hear so much of the above, but this is missing the point! A tool is only a tool until it is part of a solution. What curricular … Continue reading →

This year, I am mentoring a colleague in my department who is relatively new to teaching and new to my school. We have been given the opportunity to attend Independent Education’s Teacher-Mentor Leadership Institute. We will meet 4 times over the course of the year, each time mentors and mentees for the full day. The … Continue reading →

At the end of last school year, I got a class set of Wacom tablets (the small size of the Inuos). I wrote about it in this post. I have revised my process a bit and wanted to share updates! Over the summer, Pear Deck rolled out a Drawing feature. I am now using Pear … Continue reading →

One of my goals this year is to have my students use Socratic to answer questions that other students have asked. My goal is two-fold: 1. to get students to practice verbalizing their thought process; and 2. for students to have a chance to help others beyond our school community. One of the most rewarding parts … Continue reading →

I created a series of tutorials for getting started with ChronoZoom. ChronoZoom is a wonderful tool created by Microsoft Research that allows students and teachers to create rich, interactive timelines (as well, there are many timelines already created by the Microsoft team to explore). From the ChronoZoom site: ChronoZoom is an educational tool for teachers and … Continue reading →