Our focus should be pen AND touch, not pen OR touch Let’s not forget about the importance of pen Active reading: writing, sketching, doodling, attaching things with sticky-notes Reading content and repurposing it into your workflow Reading is not a pure consumption activity The pen is a tool that expresses and amplifies thought Crowd sourcing … Continue reading →

I’m very excited to have the wonderful opportunity to be participating at WIPTTE this year. Below are the slides from my presentation, based on the full paper I wrote for this conference. THE FLIPPED CLASSROOM: TOUCH ENABLED, ACADEMICALLY PROVEN -Stacey Roshan

View as slideshow What is going to be the future of learning? -Sugata Mitra Schools as we know them are obsolete So that’s a pretty strong comment there. I said schools as we know them now, they’re obsolete. I’m not saying they’re broken. It’s quite fashionable to say that the education system’s broken. It’s not … Continue reading →

We’re coming up on parent/teacher conferences, and it’s really handy to have individual student grade reports at hand. Our school is using Haiku LMS for pretty much everything this year, including to manage grades. But accessing individual student reports isn’t immediately obvious in Haiku, so I’ve outlined my process: To view/print individual student grade reports … Continue reading →

Something that I talked to some of my #flipclass buddies about last year was creating a grading rubric for student-created videos. This is something I feel kind of conflicted about, however. Let me explain… I think that the student-created videos can be a powerful assessment tool. On the other hand, I really want the video-making … Continue reading →

Just trying to organize some thoughts on tools I’ve been playing with here… As a very visual person, I really like mind maps as a way to organize my thoughts / notes. I’ve always found it difficult to absorb text written in paragraphs and sentences. I need bullet points, arrows, boxes, and highlights. Text2MindMap looks like … Continue reading →

I had the great pleasure to be part of Steve Hargadon’s show last night!  You  can find the link to the recording in the description: Tuesday Show – Teachers Becoming Their Own Khan Academy Join me on Tuesday, December 4th, for a live discussion with Stacey Roshan, a high school math teacher at Bullis School … Continue reading →

Last year, I played with the idea of student-created videos made using iPads I was able to get for my classroom. This year, I have less iPads, but we went BYOD at my school. So I really wanted a solution to student-created video solutions using their laptops. The idea was to have students first work … Continue reading →

I really don’t feel like writing right now. But I have a lot of thoughts that I want to jot down. So step 1 (my biggest hurdle in keeping up this blog): being okay with the post being a bit rough around the edges. My school is on trimesters, so my students just took their … Continue reading →

Note to start my morning; Hi Ms. Stacey, First of all, I want to thank you for your very helpful videos posted on itunes.   I am _________, and I am not in your class as you might guess; I am not even in your country.  I am from Egypt. ….. I was searching for … Continue reading →