I’ve finished my first legitimate UbD unit and project. You can view it here. It’s a math unit, and the topic is solving systems of linear equations. I think the UbD is okay, but since it was my first, it feels a little stilted or rigid. Some of my essential questions and objectives are a bit too …
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Apr 01
1:1 Technology Tips in Math Class
I went to Jeff Utecht’s session on 1:1 Technology Tips. If you missed it or want to view the links and tools, you can find out more by clicking on his name above. Even though my current school is not a 1:1 laptop school, I hope it will be someday. photo © 2008 Jelle | …
Apr 01
A Blog Post on Blogs
During the EARCOS conference I had a chance to go to Aloni Cahusac’s sesson on blogs. I was excited because she said it would be more of a workshop than a listening session. Unfortunately, it didn’t quite live up to the announcement. photo © 2007 Andrew | more info (via: Wylio) Nevertheless, there were many …
Mar 25
To QR or Not to QR
This morning I experienced my first useful lesson on QR codes. It was full of relevant information, and I started to figure out how I can use QR codes in the classroom. For example, which is better for this post: OR http://bit.ly/hn5Axz Decide for yourself, and let me know in the comments. The best definition …
Mar 24
Are Girls Better Than Boys?
This morning I had a chance to listen to Michael Thompson, author of the book Raising Cain. He had a lot to say regarding boys versus girls within the educational system. One of my favorite quotes from him during this session was that, “Boys suffer from the tyranny of low expectations.” In other words, Michael …
Mar 24
Ariane Turley
Today I saw a lot of myself in the student presenter that kicked off this year’s ETC. Her name is Ariane Turley (bio on page 14), and she’s a 12th grade student at HKIS. I too had similar ideals and passions that so many high schoolers seem to naturally possess. It made me think, “Why …
Mar 23
Student Input
I really enjoy asking my students to help shape their learning. Therefore, you can imagine how excited I was to read an article from today’s COETAIL Cohort presenters that had the following excert:
Mar 23
What to Teach?
One of the first conversations at my COETAIL cohort table was about the essential things we need to teach in the classroom. We don’t have a list of these things, but here are some of the things we decided upon: We don’t need to necessarily teach facts, but rather skills The learning in the classroom …
Mar 23
Early Thoughts in KK
It was a crazy start to my trip to Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia for the teachers conference called EARCOS at the Sutera Harbor Hotel. First, I seemed to fail at packing some things: no sunglasses, no layer for the cold temp in the hotel, no USB drive, etc. But the worst discovery was that I somehow booked …