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 …
I first really got into soccer a little over 15 years ago when I was asked to coach the varsity boys team at Guthrie High School. I had no idea what I was doing but did it with passion! Three years in Guthrie, five years at Olathe South High School (got …
*Somehow this just now got posted…whoops 🙂 Well, the last day of the ISTE conference is on us and these are the last sessions that we will be in until next summer (hopefully next summer). I started my day off with the Globalearner, Alan November and his discussion about #1st5days. …
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 …