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Welcome to the age of electronic books infestation. You would think that book publishers are shaking in their boots by their threat. In my humble opinion, I believe that they pose a significant threat to the publishing industry. However, children picture
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I like this guy, Ken Robinson. During this Turkey Day Break, please take a moment and see if you agree with what he has to say. (If will not play for you, you can go here to check it out.)
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Words that I am working on to increase in my classroom. The first quarter of school is almost over. In order for my student to stay engaged in learning, I must master these two things in my discipline of mathematics. I guess I could make the excuse that
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“Technology should be leveraged to provide access to more learning resources than are available in classrooms and connections to a wider set of “educators,” including teachers, parents, experts, and mentors outside the classroom. It also should be used
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Start every day with a smile and get it over with. ~W.C. Fields I was looking through my post drafts this weekend and ran into this one I started right before Thanksgiving break. The question posed in this blog post is usually asked by FYTs (1st year
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I was asked this question the other day by a college student interviewing me as a Technology Coach. Believe it or not, I actually struggled with this question. I know so much “stuff” about technology, what do I actually “know” the best?! I have many projects
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I actually had a productive teacher workday. I created some SB videos, and here is one of them. Enjoy!
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I ran into an outstanding article from my last newsletter from the NCCTM (NC Council of Teachers of Mathmatics)-The Centroid. I really have to give credit to Tyrette Carter and Loury Floyd for these twenty ways to enhance all students’ mathematical learning.
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I feel a little guilty for not blogging for over a month. Unfortunately this blog has been low priority on my totem pole of things to do. I have really been stressed out with the budget situation with my school district. Not to mention feeling the big
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After reading this article provided by my principal today, I decided to go ahead and do a little reflecting. I figured she forwarded this article to us because this style of teaching is vital in maintaining academic engagement in high-poverty schools.
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We have Mr. Marc Pernsky to thank for the term digital natives to define the current generation saturated by technology. However there are two types of students that we commonly overlook in the realm of digital citizenry.
Unfortunately there are some
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This weekend I picked up a few things from the teacher store in preparation of the 1st day of school. I passed by and ended up picking up this cool Unifix Sudoku game. As you can see, when I got home, I ended up placing the blocks in ROY G. BIV order
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This week I started teaching summer school. One of the few imperative items I go over is basic math terminology. When I discuss the terms of arithmetic problems, I always share this video by 3Xdope with my students to remember the true meaning of dividends
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This week as I started watching the beginning of the fourth season of The Wire, I can’t help but to reflect on…. 1. My first year of teaching in Baltimore City with real chalkboards and san air conditioning & technology (including calculators) 2. I remember
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