Finishing Up Curriculum Project

 I think I'm about done with my curriculum project.  If you are supposed to do the peer review, you can go ahead and do that now.  Here it is:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kEDFMNjJXcEhtDuneNn_PMh1Dpld7jwcLzLVzIlR4-A/edit?hl=en_US

My curriculum project

The following link will allow you to view my curriculum project.  It is a work in progress:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kEDFMNjJXcEhtDuneNn_PMh1Dpld7jwcLzLVzIlR4-A/edit?hl=en_US

High School Detentions

In the school I teach there has been an onslaught of detentions recently for various reasons.  I constantly have students in ISS or have after school detentions, and I started wondering why.  The students didn't seem much different than previous years, and there hasn't been a major disturbance in our school that resulting in "aftermath".  After doing a little digging, I found out that the large majority of the after school detentions are for missing or late homework.  Not just for Freshman, but for Juniors and Seniors as well.  These "behavior" problems are causing a lot of scheduling conflicts with coaches, the dean of students, and detention supervisors.  I would simply like to get your perspective on these types of detentions.  Please take the following survey and let me know what you think.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGxGVmM3TlFpbUlFcUxiU2E4R2JZQVE6MQ

Figuring it out

I have realized that it will take weeks if not months beyond EDUC 553 to be able to fully integrate the web 2.0 tools into my classroom.  It will take a lot of careful planning so the students can have meaningful experiences with the tools.  With that said, I am excited about the ability to differentiate in the chemistry classroom with these tools.  I didn't realize the scope of tools out there, and as a fairly new teacher I'm excited about the future utilizing web 2.0 tools in the classroom.

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Introduction

My name is Alex Williams.  I teach high school Chemistry at Glenwood High School in Glenwood, IA.  I want to be able to use this blog in unison with other web 2.0 tools to engage several types of learners, and give students resources outside of class.