AIMS Teachers Retreat 2014 Day #1 Keynote – Session Notes As a teacher, never think: don’t take it personally. That denies us the chance for a personal connection. You never know what’s going on in somebody else’s life, don’t assume. (pictures) Perception of Phoenix = cactus; Reality of Phoenix = traffic What is a rockstar … Continue reading →

AIMS Teachers Retreat 2014 Opening Keynote – Session Notes (discussion) Take a look at the title and discuss, at your tables, what you think I’m going to be talking about Whodunnit Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubNF9QNEQLA How many of you saw a change in the scene? And how many changes did you see? There were 21 changes, and … Continue reading →

Thanks to a wonderful group of participants for making edcampMetroDC a wonderful day of learning. The passionate, enthusiastic teachers and learners who come out to edcamps keep me inspired and hopeful that education is constantly changing for the better. A huge thank you to the wonderful Steering Committee that I was a part of: Chip … Continue reading →

This post is about a former student of mine, who is graduating from college this spring with a BFA in Painting. A couple years back, I was teaching Calculus — not the AP level Calc that I often talk about, but a far more relaxed course teaching an introduction. For most of the students in … Continue reading →

I want to thank David Cutler @spinedu for putting together a detailed article entitled “The Flipped Mentality“. The article starts by interviewing Jason Bretzmann,  then talks briefly about the flipped-mastery model by referencing an earlier piece David did with Jon Bergmann, and closes with an interview with me. In my part of the interview, I talk about: … Continue reading →

If you haven’t checked out the new Screen Recording feature in Snagit for Google Chrome, I’d suggest you get on that! This is the easiest free screen recording option I’ve found. I’ve included detailed instructions below. Don’t let the length of this post be intimidating; I included an instruction for every step of the process. … Continue reading →

Desmos has teamed up with Dan Meyers, Fawn Nguyen,  and Christopher Danielson to create some really wonderful activities. If you haven’t already seen them, you should check it out! I’ve included the 3 projects that have been created so far below, along with blog posts talking about the activities. The other awesome part about all of these … Continue reading →

Check out my interview with Alan November!!! In this episode, Alan speaks with Stacey Roshan, an AP Calculus and Algebra II teacher at Bullis School in Potomac, Maryland. Alan talks with Stacey about the transformation of her classroom to one that utilizes the flipped classroom model, after attending BLC in 2010. Using this model, Stacey … Continue reading →

If you have attached files on a page in Haiku, you can easily copy/paste these files in other places! For example – on one of my pages, I have a content block with all files related to the unit: If I want to put the highlighted files in my Calendar: 1. highlight the files; 2. … Continue reading →

Flippity – Allow your students to collaboratively work on making a set of flashcards by converting a Google Spreadsheet into a set of online flashcards. Some great features: easily embed video, pictures, special fonts (superscript, subscript, font colors) into your flashcards! Idea: You can easily print out your flashcard deck in an easy to read … Continue reading →