This week in Calculus the task was to break down those barriers that students have when we are talking about limits. This is really hard, so on Tuesday we started class off with a Kahoo.it quiz (go ahead and take the quiz, see the feedback and think of the possibilities) over the …
Gamification has started! If you have been following this blog over the summer, then you know that I am making a change to gamification and mastery learning in my calculus classes this year. The students will get credit to spend in the market for doing what they are supposed to …
In the summer of 2013, I had the opportunity to go to the Model Schools Conference in Washington D.C. I got some nuggets to bring back to my school and classroom. One of my colleagues picked up a golden nugget and shared it with me as we rode to the …
Hello Moms, Dads, and Guardians! Greeting Students! I want to let you know how excited I am that I will be your PreAP Precalculus or Calculus teacher this year. I have been hard at work all summer planning out the super great things that we are going to do and …
If you have been following this blog over the past couple of months, then you know that I have been taking the step towards gamifying my calculus classes this school year. I am really excited about this, but also really nervous. One of the biggest reasons for my excitement is …
One more post today – since I’m sharing and all! I have started to develop a couple of boards on Pinterest…I think this could potentially be a fabulous place to store/sort/curate items. It’s also a super great place to get some great ideas. I can definitely see where Pinterest can …
I have posted on Twitter a couple of times – but wanted to create a little bit more permanent way to share what I have been working on this summer. So here are the links to my school #edtech PD website and my #gamefication of Calculus. Both of these are skeleton …
Once again ISTE delivers – Kevin Carroll of Katalyst fame was the keynote speaker this morning and man what a story of inspiration! Some key take aways for me were: Do amazing magical things; Use Play; That Play is as important as eating, sleeping, and drinking; Play is serious business …
It started off really early, super excited to have a table session at ISTE! Up late and couldn’t sleep, so at 5:30 this morning I headed to the hotel fitness area and got in a four mile run. The breakfast area wasn’t open for Kristina and I yet, so we …
Ok – so I’m just barely not a newbie for this. Last year was my first ISTE conference. This event changed my entire professional career: I went from being interested in how educational technology can impact learning to applying to graduate school to get a PhD in education technology. There …