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Let’s Forget EdTech in 2013

I want to propose something crazy: I think we talk too much about education technology. I’m guilty of it, and it’s been weighing on me over Christm... Read more

Merry GIFmas

As part of my stress detox, I’ve begun dabbling a little more in #ds106 creative work. I did this right as the GIFfest started on the ds106 hub, so... Read more

Growing Pains

This is a repost of an article I wrote for Brett Clark’s 12 Days of Dreaming series. f you have kids, know people with kids, or work with kids, you... Read more

Avoiding Burnout

Today, I came to the realization that I’m approaching burnout, and that I need to do something to stay healthy for the break and the second semeste... Read more

Full Immersion

My wife showed me this video the other night. If you haven’t seen it, consider taking thirty seconds to watch it. I’ll wait. At the time, I was ent... Read more

Twitter, We’re on a Break

` `__I’m going to take a hiatus from Twitter. I love sharing learning with my network. Lately... Read more

Communication in Grading

I want to preface this post by saying that in my perfect world, we wouldn’t grade at all. But currently, that isn’t my reality. I will continue to ... Read more

The Point of Learning

I don’t mean the “point” of learning in why we need to learn. I mean the actual cognitive place we must find in order to learn. This year has been ... Read more

Reform the School Day to Reform Schools

Schools and children are dictated by the bell schedule. Classes are 57 minutes, except for math and English, which are 87 minutes, because they’re ... Read more

A Parable

This Halloween, I did a demonstration in chemistry that’s usually called “*`Genie in a Bottle `__*.” This year, I deci... Read more

Some Changes and Updates

This may be the longest stretch I’ve gone without writing anything on the blog. My last post was on September 26th, and for various reasons, I have... Read more

How NOT to Start a Flipped Class

Every day, I carry a small black journal around to jot down thoughts, changes, and quick reminders to myself. It’s something kids find intriguing f... Read more

Three Questions

I had a really rough start to the week. I really began to notice the “self-pace = no pace” mindset taking hold in some of my students. It was takin... Read more

Reflecting for Learning

Ramsey Musallam has great ideas about using Google Forms to assess a student’s understanding of a video after they watched it. I immediately began ... Read more

Essential Tools for Learning

I’ve been thinking a lot about tools and space lately. What digital tools work well in my class? What analog tools are necessary for chemistry? Wha... Read more

Special #Flipclass Chat Monday, Sept. 10

Monday, September 10th is the 25th weekly #flipclass chat. After beginning back in March, we have had a great team of moderators form and had incre... Read more

The People of Flipped Learning

School is getting started again for just about everyone and as flipped learning becomes more and more popular, we’re all looking to make connection... Read more

Guest Post: Where I Am to Where I’m Going

Where I am to Where I’m Going By the time you read this post, I will have already began my school year, crossing my fingers, and praying that what ... Read more

Guest Post: Alchemy in the Midst of Chaos: Collaboration and Community in the Flipped Classroom

If you had walked into our rooms the first week of school, you would have seen chaos. Complete and utter chaos. Students lining up to take their pi... Read more

Guest Post: A Brand New Year

This week, I will start my 20th year in the classroom, and for the first time, I really don’t know what I’m going to do. I should probably explain.... Read more

Guest Post: Inquiry-Based History Class

Note: This is a guest post that will be the first in a series. All posts follow the theme of “Changes in class because of summer learning.” Hopeful... Read more

Give It Back

After a horrendous start of the year (I won’t go into it here…) I was finally able to introduce the whole flipped classroom idea to my students tod... Read more

Three Responses to Failure

Things go wrong. It’s a fact that we have to embrace and learn to live with if we want to be great teachers. I’ve learned some of my most valuable ... Read more

Do You Want to Write a Guest Post?

I want to try something new. In addition to the writing I normally do, I want to give some more people a chance to publish a guest post on my blog.... Read more

Flipped Classrooms: Let’s Change The Discussion

NOTE: This is a cross-post of a piece I wrote for SmartBlogs. You can see the original here. Since Sal Khan’s 2011 TED Talk, the Khan Academy has b... Read more

Doing What We Do

It is believed that the average adult makes 35,000 decisions every day. There is even research that suggests that decision fatigue plagues many pro... Read more

One Month Later…

On July 2nd, I wrote a short post about taking some time off for the month. Well, the month is over, I haven’t written a single article, and now I’... Read more

Where Do We Go Now?

I travelled 14,862 miles in June, give or take a few miles. I spoke to almost 1,000 people and I was never in a single time zone for more than five... Read more

The Flipped Classroom Hits Russia

The Kremlin I just returned from a three-day trip to Russia. That’s right. Three days. I was asked to go and share the ideas behind the flipped cla... Read more

Venus: The Aftermath

I promised people that I would post pictures and/or a video on how I watched the Venus transit last night. Well, they’re ready to share. It was gre... Read more

Venus Flyby

Flickr CC, howzey Tuesday, June 5th and Wednesday, June 6th, we have a great opportunity to see the planet Venus travel across the face of the sun.... Read more

The Flipped Classroom in eSchoolNews

I wrote an article with Aaron Sams regarding common perceptions and misconceptions surrounding the flipped classroom in an effort to move the discu... Read more

Flipped Classroom Exit Letters

I asked my students on the last day of school to write letters to next year’s students, whoever they are. I took all of those responses, removed th... Read more

Opportunities

I sat outside this morning drinking coffee and watching a bumblebee flop its way through a camellia, hunting for nectar. With each foray, her hairy... Read more

Three Example Flips

In response to some emails and tweets I received on my last post, I decided to write three short examples of flipping that can happen at varying le... Read more

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