Last weekend, I had a chance to work with some young campers (3rd & 4th graders). They were learning about birds and nature and I had an hour to work with them in their computer lab. I did some searching around and stumbled across a neat project idea – MaKey MaKey Bird Chorus Project. I … Continue reading
And we have another school year successfully down in the books! As I had my students reflect on their year in math class, one of them mentioned that we should make a video. So of course, we made that happen! Any student who wanted to be filmed had the opportunity. I then had a student … Continue reading
If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you know that last year, around this time, I posted about a project that I did with our English Intensive teacher. We used VideoScribe to help students showcase their public speaking and presenting skills by creating a “Top 5 Pieces of Advice” video monologue for future international students. … Continue reading
Each year, we are asked to administer student surveys at the end of the year to get a student perspective on things that went well and areas for improvement in our teaching. This post is dedicated to my reflection on the results I received my classes: What I am most proud of when reading my … Continue reading
I’ve gotten a lot of requests recently for resources on my flipped classroom, best practices, tips & tricks, and advice for getting started. So I wanted to compile some of these things in this post! Here is a presentation summarizing my process and evolution through my flipped classroom journey. A paper I wrote on my … Continue reading
It was a huge honor for me to have the opportunity to spend the past 1 1/2 days at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of Education in Nashville, Tennessee for NAIS’ Summit on the Science of Learning and 21st Century Schools. This was an amazing opportunity to hear from thought-leaders across the county and engage in a discussion … Continue reading
Notes from NAIS Summit on the Science of Learning and 21st Century Schools, continued… Our second day of conversations focused on developing 21st century teachers & schools, presented by Marcy Singer-Gabella, John Katzman, and Russ Whitehurst. How do we engage in teacher-preparation over time? asks Singer-Gabella #NAISDeepDive — Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) May 20, 2015 Prep programs need … Continue reading
Notes from NAIS Summit on the Science of Learning and 21st Century Schools, continued… Our third and fourth sessions focused on: Teachers & Teaching, presented by Rick Hess, Joel Rose, Jal Mehta, and Carolyn Strom. Leaders need to reach out to teachers and let them inform the design process & curriculum building @rickhess99 #NAISDeepDive — Stacey Roshan … Continue reading
Notes from NAIS Summit on the Science of Learning and 21st Century Schools, continued… Our second session focused on: 21st century skills and outcomes, presented by Ken Kay & Charles Fadel How do we get a 1st grader from assignment A to assignment B? #collaboration #revision #iteration #NAISDeepDive pic.twitter.com/k13cxvbabb — Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) May 19, 2015 … Continue reading
I am completely honored to have this chance to bring you some notes from the NAIS Summit on the Science of Learning and 21st Century Schools! Getting Started — NAIS Summit: The Science of Learning & 21st Century Schools Honored to represent @BullisSchool at @NAISnetwork Summit, hosted @VanderbiltU http://t.co/Z645gvoWTo #NAISDeepDive pic.twitter.com/3HRYibQuH9 — Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) … Continue reading
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