Flippin' Tools

Napoleon Dynamite isn't the only one using the word "flippin" anymore. Even if you can't flip your entire classroom every teacher should start making their instruction accessible to students all the time. Refer to my MACUL 14 notes for the session, "Flipping the classroom in the classroom" if you don't know what I am talking about.  I was inspired and wanted to try and start doing some filming of myself going through math problems. You can try to do this online using Educreations but I tend to run out of space with longer math problems. I plan on using my iPhone 5 to record myself explaining math problems to students. I bought this clamp device which I plan on clamping on my elmo to have a birds eye view of the paper while I solve the math problems. Here is the link to it on Amazon.    
My math video tutorials coming soon.....

MACUL 2014: Ideas and Resources

Every two years when MACUL comes to Grand Rapids, MI I get as excited as a kid on Christmas morning! I am so pumped up to meet with other educators that have the same passion I do when it comes to integrating technology into our classrooms. The day is full of inspiring and informational sessions put on by other master teachers. There is so much to take in that your brain seems to stop absorbing information after a few hours or what you had learned early in the day is lost by the end. I made sure to take good notes during the entire two day conference to help combat this information overload. I have created a Google doc that has a summary of each session I attended so that you are able to only click on the notes that sound interesting to you. Click here to see all the great ideas, resources, and inspiration.