Category: Reflection

Goals Moving Forward

Coming off my recent post on my changing goals ten years into my degree, now I want to take a look forward and set some learning goals for the comi... Read more

Goals, 10 Years Later

I took the long-tail approach to my master's degree - ten years later, this is a look back at my initial goals and a reflection on my professional ... Read more

Learning Communities

Community is still heavy on my mind this week. It's easy to argue for authentic learning experiences. We want students to relate learning to the "r... Read more

Futility

The end of the semester is bittersweet. It’s exciting to think of the long break coming up. At the same time, the burden of work to be completed fe... Read more

From Crappy to Okay

One of my goals this year is to help students struggle productively with ideas before I loop back to teach it. I don’t remember who said this first... Read more

New Layout, New Title, Refined Focus

I’ve iterated on this blog a lot over the years. I started by focusing on chemistry, and then switched over to teaching and learning in general. La... Read more

I Learned a Lesson from my iPod

I drive a really long way to work twice week. I love what I do every day, which is why I choose to drive. To entertain myself I listen to a lot of ... Read more

Power in Online Video

I’ve had a crazy week. On Tuesday and Thursday I worked with Brett Clark and Brian Bobbitt sharing the Flipped Classroom with almost 100 teachers a... Read more

Loosen Up

We see more clearly in retrospect…sometimes it’s good, sometimes it’s not so good. Thinking back on this year, I realized that I’ve gotten lazy wit... Read more

I’m Open For Business

As I continue musing and thinking about the last year using a flipped classroom, ideology and philosophy changes that I’ve made flood my thoughts. ... Read more

What Makes Me a Great Teacher?

Ok, so the title is a little self-indulgent, but don’t judge me just yet. I was thinking back about student teaching earlier this week and how my c... Read more

New Twitter, ETC11 Thoughts, etc

Some additions since my last post: I have fallen into the trap of Twitter, and I must admit, I love it. You can follow me @bennettscience. I’m at ... Read more

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