Lots of mixed emotions. I will be retiring from classroom teaching after 35 years. This wonderful young lady,Ms Angel Ballard will be taking my room…and she is a former student. #flightattendant #aves #goaves

Carefully choosing my #nerdyshirt for first day of school….

#InnovateInsideThebox chapter 3 have some nice takeaways

Capt 2: Give feedback on rubric and THEN give the grade. Brilliant. Great list of first day questions. Use “evidence based” instead of “data driven”. I get it. What about talking about motivations instead of passions? Just a thought. #InnovateInsideTheBox

Totally respect the author and message. Question. When “finding a solution” gets to be mentally and physically overwhelming what is the best path forward?#InnovateInsideTheBox

Getting pumped for @ChemEd2025 Looking forward to presenting a microscale workshop

Getting ready for my hands on microscale chemistry workshop at @ChemEd2025

We can’t wait to welcome you all to the beautiful @coschoolofmines campus for #chemed2025! Learn more and register now at learn.mines.edu/chemed2025

30 years teaching and still going back to school to try and learn new cool stuff….

Love the first day of school….

First day! Go Aves! #SycamoreStrong

Part of the #ChemEdX demo crew @BCCE_2024 We had a blast! @CullenChemEdX @heterocat @mrfarabaugh @sorensensci @amodic1 @ChadHusting @RyTriGuy

Thanks #BCCE24 for a great chemistry conference!

Learning how to write better #APChem test questions with rockstar @mrfarabaugh! Great advice to help teachers write their own by connecting content and practices! "FRQ part a should be accessible" #BCCE2024

@BCCE_2024 #BCCE2024 #ChemEd #iteachchem #chemfam Please come to S241: the @ChemEdX Demo Show at 8:30AM tomorrow in JSB121. ALL are WELCOME! Please ignore the “by invitation only” statement in the description! We would LOVE to see you there! @CullenChemEdX @pchemstud

Packing for #BCCE24 Really struggling with decisions here…

Looking for great demos for the classroom ? Monday 5/29 @BCCE_2024 ChemEdX will have a day of experiments, demos and ideas to engage your students. Sign up soon! See you at JSB room 121. #ChemEdX

chemedx.org/blog/artificial-…. Struggling with AI in the classroom? Check out this idea that might help on exams! (I was more upset because the Reds were loosing!). #ChemEd #ChatGPT

As you're thinking about classroom assessments next year, remember that we grade against criteria for standards, outcomes, learning goals, i.e., evidence of learning, NOT the vehicle used to deliver that evidence. So, unless we're teaching the assessment format itself, whether or not students do a project, test, paper, demonstration, etc is irrelevant: It's whether or not they presented evidence of their proficiency. This blows the hinges off the doors on the way to success as it opens new and meaningful ways to demonstrate mastery. There's a lot of agency here, which leads to students owning their learning. For some units of study, teachers can even ask students for proposals for how they will demonstrate the evidence of the standard. Then, as with most assessments, ask students to prove their evidence, to explain how the standard is manifested in their presentation. Gosh, this makes learning -- and teaching -- way more fun, and for students, more substantive.

What if final exams were more than just answering multiple choice and FRQ’s? What if students had a real problem to solve with chemicals experiments and reason? Stay tuned….@ChemEdX