I love to integrate tech in the classroom and I thought I’d post my favorite pieces of hardware/software apps to share with the other teachers out there who may be thinking about adding a little tech in their teaching.
Google Chat/iChat: I email class notes to my students often. I require that they all have a [...]

I’m finally prepared to begin my action research project. I’m a love of language and a lover of mathematics and I’ve always theorized that the two are linked.
On the surface my hypothesis seems counter-intuitive since those of us who gravitate toward the sciences tend to stay away from the literary arts. However, all levels of [...]

Update: 8/27/08 8:24am
I had the pleasure of participating in the writing of a technology grant for my school last year.
We were awarded $98,000 which we promptly spent on Promothean boards, laptops, and all sorts of lovely tech goodies for the classroom/school. There is still plenty of money left over though…which I’m sure will be spent [...]

I’d like to pretend that all children and thus students are created equal…but alas…they are not.
When I attend conferences and visit the websites of other teachers who work in suburban school districts I find myself drinking the kool aid so to speak. I buy into their rhetoric about the commonality of the needs of all [...]

I’d like to think of myself as the infallible, unshakable, ultra dependable, rock star teacher who is always on time, always able to connect with the students, and always…ALWAYS…engaging.
But the fact of the matter is I am human and days like yesterday exist to remind me of that and to also remind me that technology, [...]

I am a Georgia State Panther through and through. However, I have decided to take two math courses at Georgia Perimeter College. Even though I have only been to one class ( earlier tonight ) I am already extremely disappointed in the quality of education that I anticipate receiving.
My professor was late to class, had [...]

Today was a less than stellar day here in room 180. I’ve spent a considerable amount of time with my homeroom students these last 6 and have discovered a range of personalities that do not always gel with one another.
I am having difficulties that range from appropriately differentiating my instruction ( which is difficult since [...]

When I first started teaching my mentor told me that teachers had to be equal parts academic, performance artist, and psychologist. I think that in the 21st century we can add tech guru to the long list of skill sets that teachers must have in order to create really engaging lessons and content for their [...]

Every year that I work at this teaching thing I get a little better and a little more comfortable in my own skin around my students.
I used to live by that old adage, “don’t smile until after Christmas” and more often than not I just ran into classroom management issues, combative students, standoffish and unreceptive [...]

I used to blog about any and everything here and some of my topics were a bit risque for some of my students who might stumble across my neck of the internets. So, I’ve decided to revamp, reload, and otherwise retool this bad boy.
Welcome to Blogarithm. My personal spot on the web for all things [...]