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School / Work Affiliation: Mechanicsburg Area School District

About Me: I teach 7th grade math at Mechanicsburg Middle School. I am pursuing a Master's Degree in Learning Technology and technology is a big part of my degree (obviously). Bringing my classroom from 1970 to 2010 is a project I am committed to. Marrying researched based proven teaching methods with today's technology will help our students be prepared for what the digital world has to offer!

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PaperSlide Videos get kids Communicating, Collaborating and Creating!

Posted on March 31, 2012 at 5:35am 0 Comments 0 Likes

As a fun activity in the short time we had between the end of PSSA's and the beginning of Marking Period 4, I challenged my 7th grade Mechanicsburg Middle School Pre-Algebra kids to research and create paperslide videos relating to a topic they had ALREADY learned during the year. Prior to beginning, I showed the students what a paperslide video was, how it was made and what it should look like by USING paperslide examples.

I allowed the students to create their own groups of 2 or 3…

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Flipping the Classroom

Posted on March 6, 2012 at 6:14pm 2 Comments 0 Likes

I also have been researching flipping my classroom and I'm super excited to dip my foot into it after our PSSA's are complete. I would like to preview the first math chapter my Pre-Algebra students will see next year in Algebra. There are going to be tons of questions and lots of adjustments once the flipping begins but I think trying this method out NOW will help me to decide if I want to go all out…

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