Hi guys, So, I wanted to send you a quick hello from London! The Google Innovator is underway and I want to share the beginning of my story with you. To begin, I know all of you are wondering what it is like in London, right? Well, it’s similar and very different to America. For… Read More Adventures in Innovation: A Letter to My Students
The San Gabriel Valley EdTechTeam Summit was an amazing learning experience for me – both as an attendee and a presenter. As I mentioned in my previous post, I always find something I can take away from each summit. It could be a big idea (such as, transformative instructional strategies or technology tools) or something… Read More San Gabriel Summit (Day 2): Self Reflection
I love the EdTechTeam Summits. Seriously, I cannot express how much I enjoy spending some of my weekends at these summits. In the last sixth months, I have had the unique opportunity to attend three summits, as well as present at two of the summits. Attending the summit is easy, but presenting has been out… Read More San Gabriel Summit (Day 1) – Five Takeaways
This weekend, I am attending and presenting at the EdTech Team’s Los Angeles County Summit. That’s right – I’m not just attending, but also presenting. It is completely out of my comfort zone to present outside of my own district, but it is something that I have been wanting to do since I attended our… Read More Out of My Comfort Zone: Presenting at a Summit
Over the last week, Twitter has been filled with the #OneWord2017 hashtag by the many educators that I follow. Everyone is trying to determine their “one word” to guide and shape their year. In a sense, I guess you could compare it to the classic “New Year’s Resolutions” that millions of people adopt at the… Read More One Word 2017 – Strength
As 2016 comes to a close, I find myself reflecting on the year and the educational goals that I have for the upcoming year. In many ways, 2016 was an amazing year, but it was equally challenging and difficult. It was a year where I felt that I grew as a teacher but was also… Read More My 2017 Educational Goals
Our family has had an unconventional Thanksgiving this year. Instead of staying home and celebrating Thanksgiving, my husband and I, along with my parents, loaded up our RV’s and headed to Palm Springs for the week. It may be unconventional but it has been perfect. I spent the majority of the week spending time with… Read More Take a Break – You Need It
Today I made a mistake – and that’s okay. Last night, my students completed their notes on “Estimating Irrational Roots”. As a part of these notes, the students fill in a number line (which I obtained via another teacher or TPT or online – I can’t remember) with decimals and square roots. By doing this,… Read More Mistakes Were Made…And That’s Okay
As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve decided I want to put aside time each week to reflect upon my week, lessons, students, and, basically, anything that I find to be relevant or worth revisiting. I think that one of the best ways to do this is to have a weekly blog post where I reflect on… Read More Weekly Reflection: The End of the Election Season
I’ve been feeling a bit beat up this week. It was a long, busy week with lots of good things, but almost an equal number of frustrating, hurtful, or tiring experiences. I am not going to go into much detail, but by Thursday I was ready for the weekend. This is very uncharacteristic for me.… Read More The Kindness of Students