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Back-to-School Night is the one evening each year when I have the opportunity to connect face-to-face with my students’ parents. Unfortunately, not all parents can attend Back-to-School Night. Some of my parents work at night or they are at home with their other children. So, three years ago I began flipping my Back-to-School Night presentation in […]
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The Common Core Standards state that college and career ready students must, “acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words.” In addition, students need to “demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when encountering an unknown term important to comprehension or expression.” Although I teach vocabulary, the majority of our vocabulary consists […]
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I love using Google presentations! I use Power Point or Keynote when I present, but the collaboration feature and ability to easily publish Google presentations to the web make it my presentation tool of choice when working with students. That said, students need to know how to begin a Google presentation. I love creating video tutorials […]
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Each school year I begin with “writing boot camp” where we focus on the fundamentals of writing. I have transitioned to the Common Core Standards and developed flipped writing videos and complementary writing templates to help students learn how to write strong argument and informative paragraphs. I wanted to share these with teachers who might […]
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My keynotes, workshops, and coaching sessions are customized to meet the specific needs of the event, school, and/or teachers I am working with. I am available to deliver any of the keynotes or facilitate any of the workshops below in person or online. Getting Started with Blended & Online Learning (Self-paced Online Course) This course […]
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When I heard that Innosight Institute was releasing its latest white paper on blended learning titled “Classifying K-12 Blended Learning,” I was eager to read what Heather Staker and Michael Horn had to say about the evolution of blended learning in K-12. I’ve been an outspoken advocate for blended learning in K-12 and appreciate the efforts made […]
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Today I completed the reviews of the copyedited files of my book! I also got to see the final cover that was selected, so I wanted to share it. It has been a wonderful journey putting what I have learned in the last 3 years into a book for other educators. Table of Contents Chapter […]
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This is an excerpt from a chapter in my blended learning book (in progress) on flipping instruction using online discussions. In the traditional classroom delivery of content takes place within the walls of the classroom and homework is usually an extension of that work which requires students to review and apply the information they learned. […]
