So I’m already prepping for next year and putting together the Staff OneNote … I managed to convince the three Academic Directors and the three School Directors (vice principals) to merge their separate OneNotes into one. (Yay, small victories!) If…
[[Part 2 of this article is here: Link]] So when I was visiting Anna in Edinburgh during March Break, she showed me how she used Password-Protected OneNote sections within the OneNote ClassNotebook to help students check their work — she set the…
So we have a period of time in our course where we have two summative activities and then a final exam. Basically, a lot of time to review as we try to pull ideas together and strengthen skills & understanding.…
So it happened that the day I was going to give a test, I couldn’t, so I needed to quickly get together some review questions for the students to work on. (Sorry, I wasn’t ready to start the next unit…
A brief aside.I had dropped by a workshop first thing this morning and was sitting at the front and wanted to grab a shot of the screen; at first I used my camera — I wasn’t thinking. As soon as I looked…
So my tour started in Edinburgh and the Hilton Grosvenor was kind enough to host me. It was in a great old building with long narrow hallways with low ceilings — the signs were helpful but I still managed to…
I had the opportunity to visit a school just outside of Edinburgh yesterday. While my overall intent was to look at the use of OneNote and Office365, what resonated with me so strongly was the fluidity with which both educators…
So while my hometown undergoes a rare March Break blizzard, I’m enjoying 13C and sun in beautiful Edinburgh. It’s quite enjoyable to be relaxing in a coffee shop watching the Scottish go about their daily tasks while I get caught…
In the summer of 2012, I started a new position at Appleby College. Moving from math teacher to “indeterminate job title”1 meant that for the first time in 20 years, I would not be in the classroom. The goal of…
So,, the above quote is true… I’m always on my phone in class. For one, I take a lot of pictures (see the previous post, for example) – my students treat every surface like a whiteboard, and I like keeping…