Copyright Confession
When I began teaching Social Studies 11 years ago, I thought , “Wow, I’m so lucky I can use the internet to help find resources for my...


Badges using Flippity
In order to help my course become gamified, I have added digital badging as a way to assess and track student growth. Badging is a part...


Power of Breakout
As the school year began to wrap up, I asked my students what they would like to do on the last day of class. I expected to hear......


8th Grade Prototype Design Project
This semester I challenged my 8th grade students to create a unique product that solved a problem. Once they created a concept,...


Never Again will I Say I'm Just a Teacher
I spent the last 3 days at the Hershey Lodge in Hershey, PA with my fellow comrades at the annual PETE&C (Pennsylvania Educational...


Computer Science is visited by the Experts
This quarter my classroom was fortunate to be visited by two local computer science experts- Mr. Bradley Wilson and Mr. Bryant Freitag. ...
The New Google Sites
Check out: Screencast on the basics of the NEW Google Sites I have been using Google sites for my class website for nearly 3 years now....
STEAM Christmas Gift Ideas for Middle Schoolers
This Christmas when shopping for your child please consider buying devices that encourage their computational and analytical thinking...
Power of Video
I have been using video in my teaching for several years now. I found that video helped to demonstrate places that my students most...


How has computer technology evolved?
For the 1st quarter this school year, all of my classes worked on a PBL project that answered the question:How has computer technology...