by Matt Vaudrey | Sep 25, 2014 | Ed Tech, Education, Hope, Teacher Improvement, Teaching |
Today, I witnessed an excellent old-school lesson. The teacher was engaging, funny, and had play-doh on the desks with toothpicks to demonstrate angle relationships to the sophomore Geometry students. Students inserted a Cloze Notes-Style handout into their plastic...
by Matt Vaudrey | Sep 1, 2014 | Classroom Management, Ed Tech, iPad |
This tweet tagged me (in the responses) this week, and my response is more than 140 characters long. Anyone have an AppleTV for their classroom? Apparently I’m getting one and iPad minis. Do I want to use this with or instead of smart board? — Tina Cardone...
by Matt Vaudrey | Aug 22, 2014 | Coaching |
School started Monday. For the first time in nigh a decade, I didn’t welcome students into Mr. Vaudrey’s class with a handshake and a smile. I didn’t take roll and ask each student how to pronounce their name and “Do you prefer Bernardino or...
by Matt Vaudrey | Jul 26, 2014 | Common Core, Education |
“Sure! I’d love to have you demo a lesson!” Ms. B’s eyes widened as a smile grew on her face. I was surprised and thankful that she was so open to the idea. “Great!” I replied. “What unit are you doing right now?”...
by Matt Vaudrey | Jul 2, 2014 | Ed Tech |
I had a new baby. And still have this baby. …so summer’s been pretty busy. I do have two things (in addition to that) to note. 1.) What a tragedy that Fawn Nguyen nearly lost hundreds of posts. If her content were lost, I imagine a herd of furious...