World History
Frank Franz and his dept met with a team from another of our schools in Jan so their teachers could exchange ideas and get some human contacts. I liked the idea so much that my school (Hayfield Secondary) and another one (West Potomac) did the same thing today. One of the great things I picked up was from Iris Cox who found a website of World History I "cheat sheets." It breaks the entire class into the normal units and its sheets are very well organized and include pictures.
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This is a nice video on how to create visual charts (all the nicer because as a runner it discusses running times!). Perhaps you want to compare class average across the year on different tests or test results between teachers or even different...
- Quick Tech Tips From The Blogs
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When I started this blog 4+ years ago I wanted it to be a way to communicate between schools in my district - something beyond the traditional collaborative teams that were then being implemented - as I did not feel lesson planning and great ideas to...
World History
Cheat Sheets for World History
- Intro Video For Your Students On Flipped Learning
Today George Coe, Frank Franz and I did a presentation on flipping the classroom. One question that always comes up is how do the students receive the idea if they have never done it before. Frank actually has his students watch a flipped...
- Voice Thread
I am working with a group this summer that is coming up with lesson plans and ideas for VoiceThread. VoiceThead is a collaborative tool used to have students comment on a picture, PowerPoint or document. One can comment by typing, using your cell...
- Bar Graphs To Compare Items
This is a nice video on how to create visual charts (all the nicer because as a runner it discusses running times!). Perhaps you want to compare class average across the year on different tests or test results between teachers or even different...
- Quick Tech Tips From The Blogs
This in-service that I am doing today encompasses a bunch of quick tech tips that can make a big difference in the classroom. There are how to sheets or videos for each and each can be learned in a minute. It includes items such as converting a...
- Blog Contributors Grow By One
When I started this blog 4+ years ago I wanted it to be a way to communicate between schools in my district - something beyond the traditional collaborative teams that were then being implemented - as I did not feel lesson planning and great ideas to...