Monthly Archives: April 2011
Fear of the Cell Phone
| April 22, 2011 | Posted by Brian Bennett under All, Observations, Technology |
I have to be honest…I almost posted this yesterday, about an hour after I posted about the fishbowl discussion. But, I decided to bite my tongue and think through everything that was flying through my head. Not many things increase my blood pressure, but when I read this article from the Boston Globe website, I probably… more
The Fishbowl – Not Your Normal Discussion
| April 21, 2011 | Posted by Brian Bennett under All, Projects |
As a science teacher, we don’t get many opportunities to discuss difficult topics. Sure, content discussion happen, but I envy the english and philosophy teachers who get to discuss the deep thinking questions. True debate is hard to come by with some of the other more “empirical” contents. My AP Chemistry class was debating a… more
Opportunity to Succeed
| April 15, 2011 | Posted by Brian Bennett under All, Mastery, Observations |
I presented the flipped class and mastery learning models of instruction at the EARCOS Teacher’s Conference in Malaysia this past March. This is my first year using these methods, and honestly, I’ve been making a lot of it up as I go along. It’s worked out pretty well so far and students are engaged and… more
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