I am SO glad I decided to flip this year. I've freed up more class time for application activities, questions about content, and more individualized instruction. My classroom is more student centered than ever before, and I LOVE IT! I've made one major change this semester in my classroom, and I think this change has been a huge benefit for my students. What's the ... Read More about Flipping the Classroom…Update
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Embracing the Backchannel in my Flipped Classroom with Padlet
I absolutely love attending conferences where I learn so much incredible information and make great connections with other educators! Don't you?! However, these same wonderful conferences nearly make my head explode! I feel like I'm on information overload, and after three days at the METC conference, I feel like I need to take the rest of the week off to let my brain sort everything out! What ... Read More about Embracing the Backchannel in my Flipped Classroom with Padlet
6 Tech Based Review Activities to Try with Your Students
I'm beginning to wind down my first unit of second semester, and am looking for various ways to encourage students to review the material for their quiz. The first part of the Legislative Branch unit is very vocabulary intensive...vocabulary with which students are largely unfamiliar. I've been searching for different techy review games to play with my students. Review games that will ... Read More about 6 Tech Based Review Activities to Try with Your Students
How to Create Online Courses with Schoology
As you've most likely figured out...I love Schoology! This is seriously an amazing Learning Management System, and I'm learning and uncovering more exciting options as I use it. This semester, I'm undertaking a huge challenge: teaching 6 classes in a "face to face" environment, and two different independent study courses...neither of which include content I teach during the day. I simply ... Read More about How to Create Online Courses with Schoology
EDpuzzle…It’s Even Better!
If you thought you loved EDpuzzle before, you're in for a great surprise!EDpuzzle has recently launched a Chrome extension, allowing teachers to easily select and edit YouTube videos!Simply add the extension to your Chrome browser. Then, search YouTube for an awesome video to share with your students. The extension adds an edit option to YouTube. When selected, this option allows the YouTube video ... Read More about EDpuzzle…It’s Even Better!
