Teaching “What if you Won the Lottery?” This is the question that lead me to becoming a teacher. I was a second year university student, further away from knowing what I wanted to do with my life than ever before….
Teaching Time I’m finding it a challenge to balance my time as a first year teacher. I’m sure the lack of time to get everything done is nothing new to experienced teachers, but I’m still…
Science Bring a Scientist into Class I am currently teaching an introduction chemistry course. It has been a lot of fun, but I can honestly say that my chemistry background is not that strong having only taken/took (clearly my English background…
Uncategorized A New Approach When I was putting together an assignment for my ECS 100 class a few weeks ago (which I posted here), I came across the following from an article entitled Real-World Issues Motivate Students……
Uncategorized Teaching for the Real World: Incorporating Relevant Topics and Technology (This is an assignment I just submitted for my education class. I’ll warn you, it’s a long post) Just over a year ago I decided I wanted to pursue a career in education. …
Uncategorized The SHA Has it Right! ]This past weekend I took my hockey refereeing certification course. I haven’t been a referee since my younger days, but as a student I couldn’t think of a better part time job. I…