Friday, May 30, 2014

An open letter to the class of 2014 ap gov students

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Thank you!  You were my first AP Government class with the iPads and the first to have the course for 27 weeks.  I came up with a pretty cra...
Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Letting go...post AP Test

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The AP Government test has come and gone!  Whew!  As any AP teachers knows, the post-test AP classroom is much less stressful!  However,  si...
Friday, April 18, 2014

a plan is hatched!

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I had the pleasure of carpooling with the one and only Stacey Schuh yesterday for a training in Clare. For those who don't know her, she...
Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Something kinda cool happened yesterday

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Yesterday was the first day back from break.  You know that type of day...everyone is still on break schedule and anything that was taught b...
Thursday, April 3, 2014

It's about the Journey...

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It's been about two years since I started with the flipped classroom and the more I pull my hair out because it is not perfect yet, the ...
Monday, February 17, 2014

Day 1 of a flipped class: setting the tone

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Student Centered from Day 1 I used to hate the first day of the semester as a student and now as a teacher.  I was always overwhelmed b...
Thursday, December 5, 2013

Strips of paper entertained and educated my students for 50 minutes

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I have to admit that I pride myself on being a technologically advanced teacher.  I try to incorporate technology into just about everything...