When coaches catch-up… One of my former math teachers, Linda, is now a math coach for our middle schools. Her time is split between my building and our other middle school. I like to check in with her for three…
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Utilizing Technology to Scaffold Global Issues Problem Solving…
I share a space with my building’s Gifted and Talented Teacher Resource Specialist, Rebecca McLelland-Crawley. This enables us to have some great coaching conversations as well as moments where we can integrate technology into the PRISM (Performance Revealing Individual Student…
Keep Calm and Use Google Forms…
Scheduling 1600+ students? No problem! Allowing students to choose their schedule? We got this! Making sure grade levels don’t go rogue and sign up in another level? Don’t see an issue with that! Limiting sections within the schedule to ~30…
My November Share…
Each month I offer PD periods where I try and share an overarching topic with pathways that the attendees can select from and explore. I’ve posted about others in the past, most recently, Making Content Interactive; this month’s topic was…
Why I Love My Job…
I love when my inbox ‘dings’ with an email asking for collaboration! This is what I received when one of my Science Teachers, Rebecca, shared her Google Forms Quiz with me as a collaborator… “Dan, I was wondering if you…
A Seventh Grade Team’s ‘Research Day’…
Last year four team teachers, well let me first give you some back information. My school does teaming which means one teacher of each: math, social studies, science, and IRLA (integrated reading language arts) are a team and the students…
From PD Share to In Class Modeling… (part 2: InsertLearning)
Collaboration is fun x2! Last week I wrote about my October professional development share on ‘Making Content Interactive’ (you can give it a read here). I then followed up the post with part 1: ActivePrompt. Today I’m going to share…
From PD Share to In Class Modeling… (part 1: ActivePrompt)
Collaboration is fun! Last week I wrote about my October professional development share on ‘Making Content Interactive’ (you can give it a read here). One of the items shared is called ActivePrompt. I discovered this tech gem during a district…
Making Content Interactive…
This year, I want to start making more of an effort to share what I facilitate with my teachers. Each month, I offer PD Periods in my school where I try to select an overarching topic applicable to all teachers…
Summer Recap…
Hello blog-o-sphere, I’mmmm Back! I wanted to do a quick post recapping some of my tech integration updates from over the summer. Summer Google Classroom – I had a total of 27 “students” participate in the 💡Integration Ideas💡 Classroom w/ 18 different ‘Assignments’…