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Rethinking Schools: Hackerspaces
What are "hackerspaces?" Hackerspaces are "community-operated physical places, where people can meet and work on their projects1. Essentially, it's a community workshop: Some have wood or...
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Things That Drive Me Crazy
In no particular order. And I reserve the right to be driven crazy by things excluded from this list. My example "bad" slide deck (from this post) has been viewed on SlideShare over twice as often and...
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Encouraging Creativity with a Growth Mindset
I found myself thinking a lot about what schools are doing and what they should be doing to prepare students for their lives after formal education while attending EdCamp Boston this past weekend....
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Why attend EdCamp CT?
I have a love/hate relationship with professional development. I like getting better at teaching. I like hearing from people who are smarter and/or more experienced than I am. Unfortunately, my...
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I got a job. I need some help.
While it's not exactly news at this point, I'm happy to announce that I'll be teaching Physics at the Connecticut River Academy, a public magnet school located in East Hartford, CT. I've been subbing...
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Looking Back on EdCampCT 2012
Welp...a second EdCampCT has come and gone. EdCamps are always a great time for learning and meeting people you've only interacted with online. This EdCamp was special- as a co-organizer, it still...
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My first weeks as a Modeling Physics teacher
As I mentioned earlier, I'm teaching Physics at a new-ish high school this year. I've been spending a large chunk of time designing the curriculum and materials for this class. So far, the year has...
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Announcing: SuperStorm Sandy Disaster Relief NYC Marathon of Oakdale, CT
This weekend hasn't gone quite as planned. The plan was to get into New York City on Friday, meet up with some friends, then cap off the weekend by running the NYC Marathon on Sunday. Unfortunately,...
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The SuperStorm Sandy Disaster Relief Marathon Results Are In!
The SuperStorm Sandy Disaster Relief NYC Marathon of Oakdale, CT is complete! I'm happy to say that not only did I finish first in my age group, I also won the overall classification. Let me break...
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Book Review: Choice Theory in the Classroom
A week before I went on Spring Break, my principal came in to my room and asked if I had heard of William Glasser (I had), and if I'd read his book, Choice Theory in the Classroom (I had not). She...
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Google Drive Lab Report Workflow
This year I've rolled out using Google Drive for all Physics lab reports. Several people have asked me what this looks like, so I thought I'd share. Feel free to suggest a better/easier methodology-...
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Keeping it short
Sharing is a Good Thing. Reflecting on teaching & learning is a Good Thing. Writing in this space is a great place to both share and reflect, yet as can easily be discovered by scrolling down this...
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Your help needed: Changing student perceptions of who scientists are
Science is awesome. For so many reasons. Studying science and doing science is awesome for at least as many reasons. Yet, science is very often (unwittingly) presented as something that only men do....
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[Update] Changing student perceptions flyers are rolling in!
Earlier this week I put out a request for people who identify as scientists, engineers, or as working in a technical field who also happen to identify as women or people of color to share a picture of...
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Linear data sets (for your enjoyment)
Kicking off the year in my modeling physics course means practicing working with and interpreting linear data. Some students quickly pick up the modeling method of describing slope and intercept, while...
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Book Review: The Monsters of Education Technology
As background, here’s a brief summary of my relationship with Educational Technology, from c. 2003 to the present: Thanks to my Twitter Archive and apps like TimeHop, I’ve been frequently exposed to my...
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Just try to Golden Rule it out.
The internet can be a mean place. If you've spent literally any time on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, or, you know, any other place on the Internet where humans can leave comments, you probably have...
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Occupying Space in my Brain | March 30
A brief description of things that I've been thinking and learning about recently. (An idea stolen directly from Tim Calvin's "SitRep" posts. Also, you should subscribe to his email newsletter)....
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