Have you ever been super excited about “gamifying” a review session (ie: Jeopardy review) only to realize that the competitive feel in the room becomes overwhelming? Each year, around this time, I play a game of AP Calculus Jeopardy with my class. We have just finished learning “new material” and are ready to hit review … Continue reading →

I have the pleasure to be part of the advisory board of an amazing organization, the AnBryce Foundation, for the last couple years. Their mission speaks volumes: The AnBryce Foundation provides multiple settings for underserved youth that stimulate the curiosity for learning and the discovery of self in order to support and promote the growth … Continue reading →

I never featured this blog post that I wrote up with my US History teacher for our school’s Technology Blog: US History teacher dilemma: In a thematic history class where you study American history by themes (politics, immigration, rebellion, warfare, welfare, discrimination) rather than chronologically, how can students keep track of the important events in … Continue reading →

From Justin’s journey, #HonorGoodDeeds was born: https://t.co/ORT9Rug6sN @justinbachman3 #EmbraceYourDifferences — Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) March 3, 2015 Day that changed @justinbachman3 = being disqual from cross-country meet b/c of Tourette’s. His teammates stood up to defend him #notalone — Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) March 3, 2015 Tolerance fair in DC, 4/26/15: https://t.co/1fqJaN6KWP via @justinbachman3 #LiveLoud #CelebrateDifferences — … Continue reading →

At Bullis, each year in the Upper School we have a special day called Beyond the Books. This day is a surprise announcement to students, carefully planned with inspirational speakers, activities, and discussion groups. In our pledge to teach the “whole child” and live our motto of “balance”, we devote a day each year to … Continue reading →

Check out the blog post I just wrote up with my Health teacher for our school’s Technology Blog: When moving our courses to an online or blended environment, you may think that we would sacrifice the teacher voice and coaching, two critical components of face-to-face classroom teaching. Yet, the reality is that the increasing number of … Continue reading →

If you haven’t seen the Math-o-grams made by Desmos, check them out now! I wanted to find a fun way to incorporate this into one of my classes. I also have been wanting to explore using Thinglink a bit more, so I decided to combine the two efforts in this activity. It’s rather simple, and more … Continue reading →

Today was session 3 in Independent Education’s Teacher-Mentor Leadership Institute which I have the opportunity to participate in this year. We will meet a total of 4 times over the course of the year, each time mentors and mentees for the full day. Session notes can be found here.

Some awesome tools shared here: Slides from Presentation Tweets from session storified here.