Math Teacher Mambo

I'm still finding my sea legs on how to best teach the material. I want the students to learn by doing, so we explore a ton. I haven...

I'm still trying to get my groove going for my AP Calculus flipped class. I love it because the kids actually have time and energy now t...

* In Digital Electronics, we're working with resistors. In case you don't know, they're color coded with these TEENY TINY bands ...

I guess I should periodically look at my old files . I know what I'm doing tomorrow in calculus (after a brief intro for "easier...

I'm not so good at assigning group projects (mostly because I side with student opinions of them and mostly because I'm a control fr...

School is in its third week, and now the lack of sleep is taking its toll (that bell .... it's tolling for me). Today I left "early...

Love my students. Their first Computer Science project was due this past Friday, and here are samples of the things they did after just 2 we...

Can anyone say "whirlwind week"? If you're a teacher I bet you can. I guess it's getting cliche to be all, "oh no, I...

In my harried existence as a teacher at the start of the school year, I don't have all my "routines" in perfect place yet. For...

Well, I dove in from day 1 and started flipping my lessons. Thanks to the nice gentleman that discussed how "exploring" fits in he...

It sure was a fun first day back. We do a big assembly production to start the day, and there are lots of smiles and hugs and confusion and ...

In order to be proactive, I want to generate a list and keep it fresh in my mind of routines of things I do to make the stress palatable. I ...

Today was our first day back for the week before students officially arrive, and I know this will be a shocker, but there are a bazillion th...

Okay, now I can rest a wee bit easier since my first week of computer science planning is done (mostly). Next up is finishing my syllabi and...

I finished my AP Audit Syllabus, and feel like I have a huge weight off my shoulders. Yip! Now, I'm working on their first day's/wee...

My goal is to finish my AP Computer Science syllabus before this Friday. I've been pecking away at it and trying to wrap my mind around ...

Day 2 was just as intense as day 1. Here are things I took away from our session: * There are lots of opinions floating around. You want a...

I'm at my 4th of four workshops (and dorms) this summer. Apparently, I'm going for the seasoned professional dorm dweller award. Thi...

In my insomnia, I was cruising the Internet and came across this problem: IF: 2+3 = 10 6+5 = 66 8+4 = 96 7+2 = 63 THEN: 9 + 5 = ???...

Here is the letter I'll hand to my calculus students the first day of class. It outlines that we're going to flip our class and tal...