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We're back from our holiday break... and back to virtual instruction. It's tough coming to terms with being thrown into virtual teaching again. Within a day I could already feel such a sense of hopelessness from both students and colleagues. Fortunately I was able to teach from school, which is good because home renovations aren't conducive to holding live Google Meets! As much as it was hard to go back to teaching like this, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I

In the world of virtual teaching and learning it seems there certainly is a lot of trial and error associated with classroom organization. In this week's episode I'll describe how I've changed how I have my students sign up and engage in my extra help sessions. I hope this video inspires you to keep trying new things - eventually you'll find something that works well for you! Thank you so much for watching! Subscribe to my mailing list for blog updates, freebies, and exciti

Even when students were physically in my classroom at the start of the school year, facilitating guided-inquiry activities were a challenge. In this week's episode, I'll share how I am facilitating POGIL activities in my hybrid classroom. Whether or not you are using POGIL, I think most of these strategies would be helpful for anyone struggling to incorporate group work during distance learning. As always, I welcome your comments and suggestions of things that you do to ma

Hi there! I hope you had a great week with your students! Nothing like a 4-day week to ease us into the new school year. I'm really liking the way my classes are divided up in the hybrid schedule. I have my college prep classes on one day and my APs on another. We have 70-minute class periods following our hybrid schedule. I thought it would be valuable for you to see how I am spending class time with both levels of students. In this week's video I'll share how I am uti

Watch as I share how my first day of school went!