Sometimes I really think my teammates say to themselves, “How can we really throw Dan a curve ball?” That’s what I think was going through Kim and Jess‘s heads when they described an idea they had that needed a little…
Category: Projects/Activities
Posts in this category describe projects I have assisted in and feel are good examples of technology integration.
An Add-ons Extravaganza!!!
***Update3*** Had to add another column (fixing the formula to make sure it places the edit Form URL in the correct column) called: “IF Condition” We discovered that formMule ran faster than the script to insert the URL. Now that…
NüYü “Panther Pause” Challenge
In my school, we have a program, Performance Reveals Individual Student Magic (P.R.I.S.M.) which is our gifted and talented program. A group of students within the program identified an area affecting students across the country and determined a solution. The…
Take Apart Day 2016-17
Last year I wrote about Take Apart Day. This year we had more students come out and get their hands into the innards of some items like a toaster, alarm clock, old desktop computer, an “Easy” button, etc. The students…
Motivating Attendance to PD through Scratch Offs
I’ve been trying to figure out different ways to get more teachers to come out for PD sessions. My most recent attempt was… bribery! I read a blog post a while back on how to create DIY (do-it-yourself) scratch offs.…
A Coaching Win…The Story of Kelly Lee
Recently I read a post, one in a series, by Adam Schoenbart titled ‘The Coaching Chronicles: Small Victories, Big Impact‘. It reminded me of a “victory” I had the pleasure of hearing about this week. A little back story, right around the…
Here’s an Equation: Nearpod + Verso = Engagement
Lately I’ve been working closely with some sixth-grade math teachers. One upcoming lesson is on ‘Combining Like Terms’. After a previous lesson using Nearpod, one of the teachers wondered would it be possible to combine tools… She loves how Nearpod…
Taking it to a Whole New Level: Tweet from Class…
***Update*** TwitShot, a third party web tool which I utilized to make this procedure outlined below work, did not renew their domain. Thus it does not work and I haven’t found another option which exists. Just over a year ago,…
A New Tool (at least for me) to Try!
This year, in addition to being building based (I’m at a middle school) the members of the Teacher Resouce Specialists for Technology (TRST) team and I are also department based. This means I will also be coordinating with the Math…
A Teacher Inquires…
“I want to dip my feet into badging. I want to introduce it very simply with not a whole lot for me to manage on my end. I want to hold the students accountable for earning it, but don’t want…