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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 …

Get Ready, Get Set, GO GAMIFY!

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 …

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 …

World Cup = Education

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 …

#ISTE2014 Day 4 – One last day, Sad face…

*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. …

#ISTE2014 Day 3: Kevin Carroll!

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 …

#ISTE2014 Day 2!!!

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 …

#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 …

#ISTE2014 Here I Come!! A Guide for Newbies

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 …

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