Mr. Higgins’ Blog

…since I actually blogged about anything.  As seen in my last blog, I have been very busy with my five preps as a first year teacher.  Thank you to those who chatted or commented back on my post.  It really helped me gain perspective about what CAN be done. . AP Computer Science Marine Biology [...]

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My First Semester Exam Experience Thus far I have made it through half of the school year and have finally finished grading the semester tests.  My tests were given in a variety of formats.  My web development class gave presentations on websites they created in FrontPage 2003.  AP Computer completed a written test and a [...]

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ok, I don’t really have much of a history; however, I feel I have developed some programming assignments thus far that allow tihe students to wrap their heads around all topics in Java. Both of these programs are not necessarily original ideas, but they allow the students to develop through the thought processes needed to [...]

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After my first week of teaching I feel the confidence flowing and can tell that many of the students agree with my style and know that I care. I’m working more on respect than the students “liking” me because of my inexperience. Especially in my AP Computer and Algebra II class I wanted to establish [...]

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I am privledged to be part of a Tablet PC project in my local school district. There are so many ideas that surface in my mind when I start thinking about the possibilites for instruction. The Tablet PC is a Gateway M285-E model. There is a lot of great software installed such as OneNote, Windows [...]

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