Today the math and science teachers were lucky enough to have a day of inservice with Michael Gorman. The theme was STEM and PBL… Transforming A Lesson Lots and lots of resources shared and some lively discussion. Some of my notes for your enjoyment…

I had the opportunity to work with Sophia in the beginning stages of some of the free ACT prep resources they are developing for High School students. In working on the ACT Math Test Prep resources, the goal we had was to create some very basic tutorials to familiarize test takers with the format of the test and give … Continue reading →

EdcampMetroDC. Bullis School. 4.13.13 Schedule for the day A compilation of tweets Tools shared out at our post-lunch SMACKDOWN Thanks to our wonderful sponsors Thanks to Bullis School (a truly wonderful place to learn/teach/grow) for the support and making it all possible And finally, thanks to the best planning team to work: Sara (co-coordinator),  Chip (co-coordinator), Maris, Sarah, Glenn, … Continue reading →

I spent a wonderful 3 days learning and presenting at Pepperdine University during The Workshop on the Impact of Pen & Touch Technology on Education. The full program with abstracts can be found here. I tried to document some of the awesome stuff that I saw in my session notes. I also storified some highlights. … Continue reading →

CogSketch: http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/software/cogsketch/index.html Demo of CogSketch: http://videolectures.net/ijcai09_lockwood_csodsure/ Ken Forbus: http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~forbus/ Sketching is a form of communication, an aid to thinking (and a way of communication with yourself) Intelligent tutoring systems – immediate feedback through software But not in spatially rich STEM subjects because need sketch understanding software One of the key predictors of success in STEM – spacial ability; … Continue reading →

Ivan Sutherland’s Sketchpad: one of the most influential programs in the history of graphical user interfaces – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOZqRJzE8xg One generation does not make the previous generations work obsolete, it augments it. We need to make the interaction between human’s and computers smarter What is the ultimate user interface? It must feel good. Ask a violinist … Continue reading →

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 →