At Bullis, all first year international students take the English Intensive course, which serves to support students in their transition into the American classroom. In this course, students work on building vocabulary, refining grammatical control, organizing and clearly expressing ideas in written essays, and defending viewpoints in class discussions. This year, teacher Andrea Martin and … Continue reading
Our English Department uses Socratic seminars as an assessment tool. Typically, these are used at the conclusion of a unit, though sometimes they are used to spark curiosity at the start of a novel. When the Socratic seminar is the culminating assessment, students are expected to prepare for the activity ahead of time as they … Continue reading
During my visit to Saint Stephen’s College, I had the opportunity to work with small and large groups of teachers to think about how to leverage technology to personalize learning, enhance teaching, and differentiate instruction. I first talked to department heads to get a sense of their needs. I gave them a bit of my … Continue reading
I had the incredible opportunity to visit a school in Queensland, Australia. I spent two weeks at Saint Stephen’s College, a K-12 independent school at the Gold Coast. They invited me to their school to share my flipped classroom journey. Their school is committed to organization-wide change to effectively infuse technology into the curriculum and … Continue reading
I have the incredible opportunity to be visiting a school in Queensland, Australia. I’ll be spending the next two weeks at Saint Stephens College, a K-12 independent school at the Gold Coast. They have invited me to their school to share my flipped classroom experiences and best practice tips that I have learned along the … Continue reading
I’m excited to share some projects that I’ve had the chance to work on with the French teacher at my school as part of their preparation for an exchange with students in Toulouse! The below was originally posted on the Bullis Tech Blog, where I highlight some of the projects that I am able to work on … Continue reading
I am extremely lucky to work at a school that is so focused on allowing all students, teachers and staff to truly pursue their passions. Bullis truly embraces and supports lifelong learning opportunities both on-campus through PD days and the Personal Learning Communities we have formed and off-campus through conferences and coursework. . I have … Continue reading
I had the chance to attend & keynote the AIMS Teachers Retreat this year! I came away with so many ideas and new friends. If you’re in the MD/DC area, I really encourage you to check out this conference for the future. For now, I wanted to share some of the notes that I captured. … Continue reading
When you think of Zaption, what do you think of? Most people would describe Zaption as a tool for teachers to embed questions into videos, primarily to be used to assign homework. But few teachers realize its potential for project-based learning. Zaption is an incredible student-creation tool and I want to highlight some examples … Continue reading
We’ve all seen those Death By PowerPoint talks at some point. Yet, presentation after presentation is filled with way too much text and clashing color schemes. As teachers, we are so guilty of this. I think that much of the time we think that our presentation slides should serve as lecture notes that can be reviewed. … Continue reading
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