As a maker and technologist, I believe that my creations should have a strong purpose. Since Sarah(my wife) is a college professor, we started this blog with the purpose of exploring practices, leadership methods, and tools that support great teaching. Through blogging, I have enjoyed learning, listening, and Read more…
So my microbiology had their first exam last Thursday. It wasn’t pretty. The class average was a 67. Ugh. There was one person who did awesome, and a few that did ok, but the majority of the class scored right around the average. I was really hoping for spectacular results Read more…
I am very thankful to my personal learning network on Twitter. As I research ways that I can serve my community of teachers and students using technology, my Twitter personal learning network has become an indispensable learning and development tool. In an effort to focus my personal learning Read more…
“We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that Read more…
As an audio learner, I enjoy technologies that help me to learn by listening. My wife and I subscribe to Audible, enabling us to consume audio books despite our busy schedules as parents. On Free Tech for Teachers, I recently found a wonderful little tool that helps one Read more…
This semester I got the crazy idea to try flipping my microbiology classroom. I have read several articles espousing the benefits of flipping (see this post) and it seems like the solution to my student engagement problems. Perhaps I should have waited until the Fall term so that I had Read more…
In a previous post, we reviewed why Vicki Davis(@coolcatteacher) and other teachers use virtual worlds to teach digital citizenship and online collaboration. It’s amazing to see how teachers use technologies like OpenSim to transform their students into teachers. As a Dad, I always enjoy finding games that my Read more…
Yesterday we started our Spring term. I am teaching the same courses that I taught last semester, Microbiology for Health Sciences and Introductory Biology (non-majors). I am doing a major course overhaul for Microbiology (the subject of future posts I’m sure) but I am leaving the Intro Bio course alone Read more…
I am a big fan of keeping my commitments and “todo” ideas out of my head. By placing these ideas in an organized system, I feel less stress. At home and work, I organize my commitments and ideas using a tool called MindMeister, a web based mind mapping tool. I Read more…
My wife and I are raving fans of Dave Ramsey, Chris LoCurto, and their team. As a teaching organization, they communicate their lessons about financial peace, leadership, and business development with clarity, passion and energy. After listening to one of their Entreleadership lessons, I always feel I have Read more…