It’s overwhelming to think about packing up the summer, heading back to the classroom, and adding a new instructional strategy to your already overflowing toolbox. Yet, ostensibly, you are a fairly proficient computer… Continue reading
I admit I am a novice when it comes to the idea of Flipped Classrooms. Though, seeing some examples of teachers’ flipped classroom videos has put the idea in my mind firmly enough to start creating my own recordings and experiment a bit. Initially…
I just read a very thought-provoking post from Mary Ann Reilly at Between the By-Road and the Main Road. What began as a comment spilled out to a blog post, so I hope she will pardon me for directing traffic over here. Mary Ann and I were part of …
This whole project began with the idea of not using a KWL to introduce my Middle East unit; I did not have any plan for word clouds, never mind making a global connection. I simply decided to use a modified Frayer Model, which focused on how stude…
Back in February, I started following Andy Carvin on Twitter and for the first time since my initiation to tweeting in November 2011, I experienced the power of social media journalism. “Primary Source Documents” took on a whole new meaning and my…
I have seen a lot of articles and blogs talking about Pinterest– why people are using it, how people are using it, and the benefits of it as social media. Pinterest was one of my first attempts to use social media in my classroom, and I approache…
Two weeks ago, Dr. Temple Grandin came to speak to our Middle and Senior School students. Her film, Temple Grandin, won countless awards and she, herself, has earned accolades and honors among her peers in the field of animal science. Behind her f…
