Living in fear that I might not be the incredible teacher I think I am. Friday, March 6, 2015. Transforming Our Parent Teacher Conferences into Something Parents Want to Attend. A few years ago, my school made a series of decisions that changed that. 5 Just before winter break, is another mid-term. Call home and keep parents updated on progress.

Monday, March 24, 2014. I hear this at least once a week. Our XYZ students struggle because so many come from broken homes. In the United States, when we think of family, we think of a father, a mother, and 2. Shift your lens for a moment. Imagine we valued an expanded view of family.

I teach 8th grade Algebra, Geometry and Earth Science . this blog is a record of my standards-based grading journey. Wednesday, August 7, 2013. I am changing schools, again. This time I am also changing subjects and teaching something I have never formally taught before. It came out of the blue. But now it has been decided. Sunday, April 28, 2013.

My resolution for 2009 was to try to stop watching TV. Enjoy! Sunday, April 17, 2011. Hope to see you there. Thursday, March 31, 2011. Then the Frankenstein lab reports are mashed together and turned in.

Sunday, January 29, 2017. Student Feedback on Student Teachers. Two things happened this week that were pretty impressive to me as a mentor teacher. Early in the week, my projector went out. And with algebra tiles in Desmos. That was the plan, but you know Mr. Murphy and that infamous law.

No real changes to this unit. We generally followed a traditional sequence. This helped with the sticky-tape lab quite a bit. This was a great set up for the next unit.

Ye Olde Blog is thirteen years old today. A teenager on the web can be a dangerous thing, but I am hopeful that although the pace of posting has slowed in the old age of this space, measured thought is replacing youthful exuberance. I also hope that I am not so aged that I start to scream at young blogs to get off my lawn. What does Year 14 hold? I want to be with you here, when I can. A couple of weeks ago, I had several conversations where someone used a term such as red kids.

Profiling the life of Bowman Dickson as he lives and teaches high school Physics in Amman, Jordan. Can Writing Styles Be Boiled Down to Statistics? Posted by Bowman Dickson. 8220;How can we use basic statistics to examine and tell apart writing styles? I told them the sto.

The views expressed here do not necessarily represent those of my employer. What I learned from the engineers on the Blockly open source project. And I am really glad to see how much it has grown over the years. I expect this year, more people will become aware of the benefits of computer science and how learning to program provides you with powerful tools to create and innovate than in any year prior.