Planning
So Long Economics, Hello Presidency
Economics was an interesting challenge but I’m glad I have that experience under my belt. My next unit is on the presidency, and I’m currently about a week into it. It’s nice to not be working with numbers and theory and actual government content.
The actual in-the-classroom-teaching has been going pretty well. The novelty of having [...]
An Update After My First Weekend
So far I have three days of student teaching under my belt. This week I actually have to face five days in a row of full-on teaching. It will be exhausting, I’m sure. I don’t really have much to say at the moment other than planning is still taking me forever and a day to [...]
PowerPoint: Do No Harm
Something I’ve been thinking about a lot and how it applies to teaching is graphic design and PowerPoint. I think we’ve all seen and experienced atrocious PowerPoint presentations in our school or professional lives. As a teacher, how can I use this really powerful tool in a responsible and engaging manner? Dan Meyer of [...]
Planning Update
I’m not sure why I’m having such a hard time motivating myself to plan this unit. I have a couple theories, but nothing too concrete. As of right now, I have three PowerPoint presentations put together and plans for about 5 days of lessons. I have no handouts or homework created yet.
One reason I think [...]
Christmas 2008: A Theme Emerges
I hope everybody had and is having a relaxing holiday season. I know I am. Probably because I decided to not touch or even think about any of my planning until Christmas was over. The mental break was definitely very welcome. However, the time has come for me to actually start [...]