Please take a minute to respond if you have insight, feedback, or strong feelings about teaching presentations. I could use some help. My ninth graders gave presentations this week. Here are some things I noticed: They talked to the screen (SMARTBoard) instead of to their audience. They appeared to be reading their presentations for the…
I learned something new today. I found a really good YouTube video about the Bayeux Tapestry. I was sharing some historical background on England from 1066-1485 with my students, and I wanted to show them the video, but I hadn’t thought about the possiblity of embedding it, so I wound up switching from PowerPoint to…
Our Spring Break was last week, so I didn’t post a reflection. As this was the week of our return to school, and we have also entered that final stretch of the year, I’m not sure either I or the students were as plugged in as usual. My seniors basically have two weeks left because…
This time of year, I find that I’m not blogging as much as I would like because I’m so exhausted. You know, people talk about what a perk it is for teachers to have breaks in the winter and spring and a longer one in the summer — usually people who don’t teach, by the…
