Technology In Teaching

Feeling Good About Teaching

lfox368806 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:38:00 GMT

I've been taking my vitamins lately, and, boy, has it made a difference! I'm reasonably caught up on grading (well, except for the last 4 days, when I was trying to put the grades into the computer - that's a WHOLE 'nother story), not falling asleep at...(read more)

***-hum, February is a LONG Month

lfox368806 — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:37:00 GMT

All the excitement of the new group of kids is over, other than Presidents' Day and Easter Week, we don't have any vacations left, and they've just started requiring us to submit weekly lesson plans. Altogether, I'm tired and I'm ready for a few days...(read more)

***-hum, February is a LONG Month

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:37:00 GMT

Using Data Probes (no, it's not some perverted ritual)

lfox368806 — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:54:00 GMT

I'm setting up the equipment and materials today for a CBL/graphingcalculator/data probe (actually, motion detector) lab. It's a good lab, one that I've done before; the students collect the data on the velocity of a falling coffee filter, and compare...(read more)

Spare the Rod...

lfox368806 — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:06:00 GMT

I'm can't say that I'm surprised by this. Young children who are smacked by their parents grow up to be happier and more successful than those who have never been hit, research claims. It found that children who are smacked before the age of six perform...(read more)

A Difficult Week at School

lfox368806 — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:52:00 GMT

I had been preparing to teach Physics for months; we had just started a new semester, and had been in professional development activities for 2 days. The students were due to arrive in just 15 hours. Surprise, surprise, surprise, as Gomer Pyle would say....(read more)

Kaikaku Versus Kaizen

lfox368806 — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 09:48:00 GMT

I found an interesting article about change - not specifically an education article, but involving general management issues. Kaikaku is the type of change we often see today in education - a large, sweeping, holistic change. It's designed to clear out...(read more)

What I Want to Know Is...

lfox368806 — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:06:00 GMT

How come the long two-week vacation always ends the same way? No time to get everything done (especially grading). Where did that time go?...(read more)

Finally Relaxing

lfox368806 — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:54:00 GMT

I'm in Cleveland, with my family, and finally getting into the slo-mo mode. We had a minor plumbing emergency (try to find a plumber who wants to work on the holidays), and are waiting for him to finish to be able to go to the family gift exchange. Life...(read more)

The Good, The Bad, and The Not-So Pretty

lfox368806 — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:21:00 GMT

The good: We're nearly on Christmas Break (I REFUSE to call it Winter or Holiday Break, until you can show me ONE year when it doesn't coincide with Christmas) I got the End of Course scores back, and, although they are lower than I would like, I have...(read more)

Mid-Year Slump

lfox368806 — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:53:00 GMT

Not just the kids, but me, also. I'm just getting over a nasty respiratory infection. As I am 90% healed, I decided to take advantage of the school's offer of H1N1 virus shots. So, yesterday, I lined up and got needled. The kids are also in a slump. They...(read more)

Rounding Third and Heading for Home Plate

lfox368806 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:43:00 GMT

I'm really tired today. My husband and I made a presentation at the North Carolina Science Teachers conference on Thursday and Friday. It went very well, but, as a result, I'm truly exhausted. Fortunately, this is a very short week - we're heading out...(read more)

REALLY Bad Days

lfox368806 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:26:00 GMT

Last Friday, I had a REALLY bad day at work. My computer was down with a virus for the last 6 weeks. The back-up computer I had borrowed was what I'd been using to input my grades. And, when I turned it on, the screen was upside-down. Not the monitor,...(read more)

Really, Really, REALLY Bad Science Fair Projects

lfox368806 — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:09:00 GMT

Don't take my word for it - there are pictures!...(read more)

Before You Give Your Lesson on Global Warming...

lfox368806 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:02:00 GMT

You might want to visit this site. It calls into questions some of the commonly held assumptions about this issue....(read more)