Tag Archive for: Workflow

Preparing for a Google Hangout

Video calling is becoming more and more common in both personal and professional communication. Here is how I prepare for a video call.

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Trello Welcome Board

Four high school students collaborating around a table in a science classroom, each working on tablets with protective cases, with Biology, Chemistry, and Physics posters visible on the walls and additional students working at tables in the background

Since I was a kid, the start of the school year has always been a sour point in my year, not because that meant Summer was over, but because the tedium of Welcome activities was fast approaching. In this post I share my process and product for making the first day of school a little more bearable.

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Quizlet

A split composition comparing traditional and digital study methods: messy stacks of handwritten paper flashcards on the left versus organized, glowing holographic data blocks on the right.

“Memorization” is not a dirty word in education. However, it should be technology (not teachers) helping students memorize facts. Honestly, Quizlet is probably better at it anyway. Read this post to find out why you should be using Quizlet in your classes and how I have implemented Quizlet in mine over the past 3 years.

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Student Presentation Reflections

High school student watching a video of themselves presenting on a laptop screen while taking notes in a notebook, engaged in reflective self-assessment in a study environment with bookshelves

I have worked my whole teaching career on making students better presenters. I create opportunities for them to practice these skills in my class whenever possible. The Presentation Reflection assignment is at the core of this practice.

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Cool Way to Link to Online Resources Easily

Situation

So my friend Josh and I have been building a website and online presence for the program we teach in (The PLTW Biomedical Sciences Program at Bel Air High School) for a few years. We were tasked this summer to do the same thing for the whole school. Because of URL availability, we decided to brand Bel Air High School as myBAHS.

I’ll write more about the overall process later, but today I am going to share a basic trick to make free branded links to any online resource using something called .htaccess.

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