Jan 31, 2014
As the mother of a child with autism, I am acutely aware of the difficulties my son has in navigating the world. He’s a good looking teen with shaggy hair and the dark brown line of a budding mustache. Girls are aware of his good looks, but taken back by his...
Jan 30, 2014
In HS 101 I finally gave up trying trying to move the electronics around so I could use the mouse and keyboard for my normal lecture style presentations of PowerPoint. Using the wireless, joystick mouse, I moved to the area farthest away from the screen. And talked...
Jan 24, 2014
In our active learning classroom training session on Friday, we discussed some of the tools that could be helpful in an active learning classroom. Some of the things I use are: 2×2 sticky notes…have students write name on one and place on table facing team...
Jan 17, 2014
It is a “Massive Open Online Course Or Whatever.” After researching and taking several MOOCs, I believe “Or Whatever” describes the true nature of MOOCS. There are a variety of practices going on, which make the original MOOC definition...
Jan 12, 2014
In her November 14 blog post, Deb brought up the subject of “Test Anxiety” and shared some wonderful experiences from her own life that relate to the subject matter. I started writing a reply comment on her blog post but then I realized that the reply was...
