Mathematics and Computer Science Teacher going to bat for Web 2.0.
Posted in Blog, Classroom Website, General, Math, Scribe, Teaching, Video on Feb 7th, 2009
Link to Project: Video Student Focus #1 Please feel free to leave comments/ratings via this blog or YouTube that are directed at me or my students. Also, I have given you the opportunity to rate the videos through the use of Google Forms below the videos. – Thanks from Mr. Higgins and the Honors Algebra [...]
Posted in Blog, Classroom Website, General, Math, Scribe, Teaching, Video on Feb 7th, 2009
Link to Project: Video Student Focus #1 Please feel free to leave comments/ratings via this blog or YouTube that are directed at me or my students. Also, I have given you the opportunity to rate the videos through the use of Google Forms below the videos. – Thanks from Mr. Higgins and the Honors Algebra [...]
Posted in Blog, Classroom Website, General, Sports, Teaching on Feb 2nd, 2009
So much technology in one place with so much positive vibe. It is almost like being at a college campus; however, we have replaced all of the people that will NEVER change regardless of the demand. What am I talking about? With all of these motivated individuals listening to people such as Wesley Fryer discuss [...]
Here is a YouTube video of my experience today with my Zune 30 GB media player that I have learned to love…just not on a Y2K like day. Aren’t those beautiful hands? Anyway… According to many different reports out there, the Zune 30 GB version has a hardware configuration problem which made EVERY SINGLE ZUNE [...]
Posted in General on Dec 24th, 2008
Everyone find something to laugh about, cry about, and talk about during this holiday season. Have a happy, healthy, and safe holiday season.
Beginning of Day 1 Exploration From the 2008 Mensa Page-A-Day Calendar Brad set out in a motorboat at 2PM on Saturday with enough fuel for two days. He arrived at 2PM on Sunday with an empty tank. With no supernatural or weather phenomena, what happened? The scenarios coming from my Algebra I students were comical [...]
Posted in Blog, Classroom Website, General, Math, Scribe, Teaching, Video on Nov 23rd, 2008
My students in Pre-Calculus and Honors Algebra II have been doing great work on the class blogs. Their scribe posts and Student Focus assignments have made me smile, laugh, and feel a sense of pride that I hope all teachers feel someday. It is amazing the sense of pride and accomplishment that I feel AND [...]
Posted in General on Jul 7th, 2008
This blog entry is for TEC-950: Web 2.0 Tools in the Classroom Think back on all the Web 2.0 tools that you explored and investigated throughout this course. Which one really stood out? Describe the tool and how you would like to engage your students with this technology. The tool that obviously blows my mind [...]
This blog is going to bat for Web 2.0. My name is Chris Higgins and I am a high school mathematics and computer science teacher at Norwalk High School in Ohio. I am a lifetime learner, Web 2.0 advocate, blogger, tennis coach, and a huge sports fan. Go Browns! Go Cavs! Go Tribe!
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