Year Round Schooling Part 1
This is the first part in a 3 part series that I’m writing on what I believe are the reasons to stay away from year-round schooling in British Columbia. Through various initiatives, such as the BC...
View ArticleHow Not To Flip
In this post I would like to deal with the classroom half of the flipped classroom. What type of homework that is given, be it a video, a reading or practice questions, is almost irrelevant to my...
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Term 2 SBG
L’histoire After Term I had ended last fall, I was exhausted and extremely disappointed with my students’ reaction to my re-assessment policy. Since I had used the same system the year before, I...
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Conservation of Momentum
I’m not sure what other teachers have noted, but I’ve been surprised at the difficulty that students have when learning about momentum. I think that for a year and half I sort of assumed that kids...
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Factoring
Factoring, or Why I Understand That Some Kids Hate Math This is the first year that I’m teaching math full time and the first topic that I’ve jumped into is Factoring and Polynomials. It seems to be a...
View ArticleAdruino >> Raspberry Pi
Being the somewhat curious dude that I am, I have purchased both a Raspberry Pi and an Arduino. They share some common purposes and both seem like they would be a welcome addition to a high school...
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Reaching For Mastery
Two days ago I read Grant Wiggins’ article “How Good Is Good?” in the latest volume of Educational Leadership. My immediate reaction while reading it was one of embarrassment. Embarrassed because I...
View ArticleThe Wrong Tablet
There has been a lot written about the LAUSD’s decision to purchase iPads for each student in their school district. It’s been reported that they paid more than the retail price for the iPad, although...
View ArticlePassive Teaching vs Active Learning
From Teaching and physics education research: bridging the gap (Fraser, Timan, Miller, Dowd, Tucker and Mazur, 2014) Examples of passive teaching techniques masquerading as active learning include:...
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