A Teacher’s Thoughts

For the past few weeks I have been part of a team trying to write a technology plan for our building. Although it is an ongoing process we have reached a point where we were able to truly begin to define our vision for technology. We have drawn on a number of resources, […]

I just have to write a plug for Wikispaces.com. I have gotten so much mileage from their service in the past two years.

Whether it has been for managing my own class documents, facilitating collaborations for students or writing our school technology plan, their wikis have been the perfect solution. The sites […]

I spent a good deal of time in middle school staring out the windows, often despite the redirections of my teachers to focus on my work. There wasn’t much to look at so if teachers said I wouldn’t learn anything staring outside they were probably right. My classroom now is different. If […]

Those of you who read my blog know that I teach middle school science but I also teach some adult education computer classes for our career and technical center. I’ve been at it now for four years and it is hard not to appreciate the courage some of my students have to come to […]

Assignment: Prepare a brief introduction to our school. What makes our school unique? What makes us special? Then come up with two good questions for Astronaut, Clay Anderson.
We were asked today during a short flash meeting with Diane Hammond if we would participate in a meeting this Monday with […]