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Doctor Who and the First Nine Weeks of School!

My family loves to watch Doctor Who – especially the reboot!  As we watch the latest version of The Doctor save the world (yet again) I am reminded about some very interesting similarities between Doctor Who and My Classroom… The Doctor = The Teacher If you haven’t seen an episode of Doctor …

Here is the Backside of #Gamification

Well into the the Quest to become Calculus Gods, its time to show how things are working behind the scenes…Most of this information can be found here: http://haselcalc.wikispaces.com/ Over the summer I tried really hard to come up with different things for the students to purchase.  Here is a list of …

Boss Fighting and Other #Gamification Thoughts

The quest that is Calculus in my classroom this year has really started to turn interesting. Students have officially moved into that space where teachers can start to feel uncomfortable – they are all over the place! I have students blazing through Quest 3A others scheduling their Quest 2 Boss …

Now What?

Smarter folks than me have blogged about Oklahoma losing its waiver from the US Department of Education this past week. Smarter folks than me have made some very good points, here are my thoughts… Having not ever been involved in the finance side of public education, I cannot say exactly …

First Week of School!

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 …

An Open Letter to My New Students and Parents!

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 …

I have A Pinterest Page!

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 Need Your Help!

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 …

#ISTE2014 Day 1: Opening Keynote And Other ATL Fun!!

My colleagues and I started our journey to ISTE yesterday and had the good fortune to not feel so rushed by the trip. And since we are in Atlanta it was a great opportunity to see my little brother. After arriving and getting settled in, Jeremy picked us up and …

I WILL NOT BE DAMNED!! I TEACH!!

I teach and am proud to do so.  At the risk of being just a little self-serving – I think I am pretty damn good at it!  I try super hard to form relationships with my students.  To really get to know them.  To understand them and what is going …

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