In my previous post I mentioned that Animoto is great for increasing student interest in topics you cover in class (but not so great for teaching them the actual content).
My students thought I was the coolest teacher ever when I showed them this Animoto trailer I created for our upcoming celebration of Darwin Day:
When they [...]
Photo source: Castaway in Wales on Flickr
My current students are my guinea pigs. I try not to test on them too much, though. One group told me they love all the apps, but only if we use them one at a time. I think that’s because to most of them all of these things are [...]
Over the last two years my class blog has received multiple facelifts. A great example of this is the evolution of my blog header as the blog became less teacher-centered and more student-centered. The current blog header was actually designed by one of my students.
To continue the evolutionary trend I am updating the grading method [...]
Here are few of the students I am taking to the Science Online ‘09 Conference responding to the question: What do you like about blogging?
I knew I was going to be absent from school last Monday and felt a lot of anxiety about it because I missed several days a few weeks before to attend a conference. Every day I miss with my AP students stresses me out so much because I have to get through a ridiculous amount [...]
