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If you’ve been reading my blog for any amount of time you know that I am a Classroom Champions teacher. I couldn’t agree more with the mission of this organization. They seek to connect top performing athletes with students and classrooms from across the country. When I was accepted as a Classroom Champions teacher at…
If you’ve read my blog for very long, hopefully you’ve been able to see how honest I try to be. I try to share my successes as well as my failures. I try to write to hopefully inspire but also show that everything isn’t always perfect. In the state of Texas our state exam is…
Back in July I remember meeting Eric Sheninger for the first time. I had followed him on Twitter for a while and really looked up to and respected him. I was attending and speaking at the CAMT (Conference for the Advancement of Mathematics Teachers) in San Antonio and saw he was also presenting. I sent…
Since joining twitter I’ve become friends with or started learning from some incredible people. People like Brad Waid, Drew Minock, Erin Klein, Adam Bellow, Eric Sheninger, Angela Maiers, and soooo many more. People who have been on for a little bit and grown huge followings. But I’ve also become “friends” with and started learning from…
I’ve spent the last few days in New Orleans, Louisiana. Having never visited this city before I was very excited to check out the Audubon Zoo, Aquarium, the French Quarter, and more! And those places didn’t dissappoint. It was all beautiful. But there was also another side to New Orleans that was on constant display….
While attending EdCamp Awesome a few weeks ago, I participated in a conversation about Chrome Extensions facilitated by Chris Evans. Chrome Extensions are little add ons to your Chrome Browser (which if you’re not using Chrome yet, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR!!!) Here are 10 that I learned about and have fallen in love with!…
We’ll it’s official, we just completed our Second Annual Math Fair! I couldn’t be more proud. Many of you who have been following me for a while know that I did a Math Fair with my students last year. It has truly been the highlight of my career. For those of you who don’t know…
A little over a year ago, my students and I were introduced to a little program called Classroom Champions. Through Skype in the Classroom we got the opportunity to talk with Olympic Gold Medalist Steve Mesler and learn about goal setting. What is Classroom Champions? They state on their website that “Classroom Champions connects top…
Recently I heard about the website GoNoodle. We know that sometimes class can lull or we need to just break up our day, and what better way to do that then with a “brain break”. Because of that I have fallen in love with GoNoodle, who exists to do just that! And best of all?…
I love teaching and have had fun making these great projects and doing these amazing things with kids. But in all the hustle and bustle in the name of “learning” sometimes I forget that there is so much learning that happens when we allow kids to play. Today I tried something new with my students….
The past few weeks we’ve been gearing up to take our Spring Math Benchmark. Being in a classroom that doesn’t use class time to teach test formatted questions and being that I refuse to do worksheets, I had to figure out some way to review the skills for the upcoming exam. A few years ago…
When I was in High School I ran for Student Council. Both my freshman and sophomore year I ran and got elected to be a representative. My mom helped me with my campaign. She came up with all my slogans. One slogan that she came up with, and was the most popular, was “Don’t get…
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