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My video cameras need names 13 Aug 2013 | 02:27 am
Now that I have a bunch of spanking new video cameras for my classroom, I've decided to name them after famous mathematicians, and you can help me choose the names by voting in the poll in the sidebar...
Flipped Classroom Presentation, August 2013 13 Aug 2013 | 02:01 am
These are the materials from a presentation I put together for the "Global & STEM Education" workshop at Enloe High School in Raleigh, NC, on August 13, 2013, on my experiences flipping my high school...
Video Camera Acquisition Project: The Results 6 Aug 2013 | 02:25 am
The results of my Video Camera Acquisition Project are in, and I'm thrilled to announce it was a smashing success! I received a total of 5 brand-new Kodak Playfull video cameras, $295 in cash donation...
The Video Camera Acquisition Project 27 Jun 2013 | 10:09 pm
A couple of years ago, I began experimenting with the flipped classroom model. I started creating lecture videos for my math classes, and I have become an enthusiastic proponent of the the use of vide...
Recent student video projects 18 Jun 2013 | 04:41 pm
Here are a few videos that my students made in my classes this year. I really like the level of engagement I get from the students when they're creating videos, not just in the actual recording of the...
Hollywood teachers vs. actual teachers 12 Jun 2013 | 06:00 pm
I finally got around to watching the movie Freedom Writers the other day, and found it both enjoyable and disturbing. It was enjoyable in the way that many movies are, which is to say that it was ente...
Do students who do their homework get higher grades? 21 Apr 2013 | 04:02 pm
Like many teachers, I get a little annoyed when my students don't do their homework, since I've always been pretty sure their overall grades would be better if they did. I recently decided to do a lit...
When self-image conflicts with learning 24 Mar 2013 | 03:51 pm
Upton Sinclair has a famous quote that goes, "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, if his salary depends on his not understanding it." I see a similar principle at work with many of m...
Cleaning the oven 13 Jan 2013 | 05:43 pm
The summer after I graduated from high school I worked as a dishwasher at a restaurant. It was my first real part-time job and I liked it okay. I loved the money I made and the feeling of being a grow...
Pretending to work 31 Dec 2012 | 06:54 pm
One of the things a teacher has to do all the time is decide whether or how to address a particular incident of student behavior. Some behaviors need to be addressed directly (i.e., by directly confro...
