At the end of my first year of teaching, despite some good results, I found myself dwelling on my many failures. The job had been harder than I possibly could have imagined, and so I wondered: What d...
In 2009, I wrote about the need for an educational TV show that would change the way we think about math in America. In short, my idea was for a show that would combine the best elements of rea...
Spend Five Minutes a Day Outdoors to Increase Self-Esteem [Lifehacker] Be at Peace in Less Than 5 Minutes [Wise Bread] Fill Out This One-Minute Form Every Day and Find Out Why Your Life Sucks (or Doe...
This is an end-of-year activity for any subject, although your students will need to be able to do at least a little basic algebra to complete it: calculating exactly what they need to pass the semes...
Most of the documents Ive shared over the past few years are Google Docs that Ive made publicly viewable. Anyone can see them, make a copy to their own Docs folder or save a copy on their compu...
A few years ago I learned about a really fun and unique way to introduce exponential functions to students: using the book One Grain Of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale by Demi. Set long ago in India, t...
You have to look at the end of the school year in a couple of different ways. First, you need to be prepared with engaging things to do with your students. Secondly, you need to think abo...
Ben Bertolis ClassRealm Is Gamifying the Classroom [Wired:GeekDad] - Bertoli has wrapped a classroom management system in the guise of an RPG-style game. New Book: The Gamification of Learning and In...
What does it take overcome the daily stress and frustration that so many teachers face? This is the central question addressed by Angela Watsons second book, Awakened: Change Your Mindset to Transfor...
This is part two of a recommended reading list that helped inspire and supplement the ideas in my book Teaching is Not a Four Letter Word. These are, in my opinion, your must-reads for survivin...
I recently ran a workshop for new and preservice teachers at The University of Texas-Pan American (where Im working towards a masters in Educational Administration) on some of the overarching themes ...
The Teaching Channel [via Eduwonk] - A collection of how-to videos on lessons, planning, management, etc plus much more. Theyre aiming to be an "online personal assistant" for teachers....
Education publisher McGraw-Hills Teacher Appreciation Week site is offering the chance at a $200 gift card, access to free mobile apps and more. Red Roof Inn is offering teachers a 15% discount for t...
All the Awesome Things You Can Do with a Long Press on Your iPhone, iPad, or iPad touch [Lifehacker] - Quick and easy tips to share with your iPad-wielding students. My Guide to iPad Deployment in Sc...
Ive cut the prices on both paperback versions of my books (the first edition of Ten Cheap Lessons and Teaching is Not a Four Letter Word) so that theyre under $10 each when you get them direct from L...
Nashville Schools Homework Assignments Will Now Include Country, Rock And Rap [Huffington Post] Fridays Five: Reasons You Shouldnt Grade Homework [A Teachers Life for Me] Homework in the 21st century...
Do Students Understand the Material? A New App Helps Teachers Know For Sure [GOOD] - Free and accessible from any computer, including iPads, smartphones, etc. More about this app from Mashable: New A...
Try Exercising During the Middle of the Day for an Energy and Productivity Boost [Lifehacker] - For your health, and maybe something you could also apply with your students (brain breaks are a good i...
Weve been reviewing finding slope on a graph, using the slope-formula, and writing equations depending on the given information (two points, slope and a point, just the graph) the past two weeks.&nbs...
My 2008 post Lesson Idea: Probability using Deal or No Deal has been nominated as The Most Fascinating Blog in 2011, in the Teaching Blogs category. Im always excited about positive feedback, a...
by flickingerbrad, on Flickr Technology is changing education in some exciting ways, particularly for kindergarten and high school students. eBooks and eReaders, which are already proven to be an eff...
Years ago I found this short "Sloping Letters" activity which asks students to view the letters of the alphabet as line segments with positive, negative, zero or undefined slopes. I lik...
Bots High — A Documentary on High School Combat Robots [Wired: GeekDad] - One word: robotics! The $25 Handheld Computer That Could Transform Technology Education [GOOD] - Im really excited about this...
Gube Curates Kid-Safe YouTube Videos for iOS [Lifehacker] Five Reasons Why YouTube Rocks the Classroom [KQED Mind/Shift via Twitter] Using Flip Videos in High School Math Class [Reflections of a High...
Last semester I started seeking out videos to supplement my teaching. There are hundreds, often thousands of videos explaining most major topics in math, but most of them simply wont work with ...
How Gaming Is Changing the Classroom [GOOD] - Ive seen some of the ideas discussed here in action as my students have begun using Khan Academy to supplement what were doing in the classroom. It...
Today is the last day of the semester for me, which makes this a good time to share some advice to help you reflect and plan for next semester. Back in October I went to a TFA School Leadership...
I feel like this is the best time for teachers who might be struggling or stressed out to read my book Teaching is Not a Four Letter Word: How to Stop Worrying and Love the Job. The brief lessons I s...
The Get More Out of Google Infographic Summarizes Online Research Tricks for Students [Lifehacker] It’s a Hoax! Teach Critical Thinking and Analysis Through Online Hoaxes [Creating Lifelong Learners]...
Last week we were reviewing parent functions in my math models class. After introducing and taking notes on different families of functions (linear, quadratic, square root, cubic and absolute v...
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