Mr. Higgins’ Blog

I had the privilege to be part of a meeting with a few Fujitsu representatives regarding our one-to-one tablet project at the school.  Anyone that reads this blog knows how excited the the tablet PC and Web 2.0 topics makes me; therefore, I felt like a kid in a candy store.  We are expanding [...]

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Actual Results for AP Computer
Course Size: 9 Students Surveyed

Part 1 of the Course Evaluation

1 – 5

1. The teacher was enthusiastic about teaching the course.

5

2. The teacher made students feel welcome in seeking help in/outside of class.

4.78

3. My interest in CS has increased because of this course.

4.56

4. Student were encouraged to ask questions and were given [...]

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Note: Don’t forget I am a Tablet PC teacher and use SMART Notebook just like anyone else; however, I get to walk around the room.
As a teacher, I have the responsibility to show my students the the Applications and Models of Trigonometry to my Pre-Calculus students; however, I could simply use the whiteboard and some [...]

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Going into my third year of teaching, I would like to thank all of the avid blog readers for taking the time to discuss issues relating to Math, AP Computer, Education, and Web 2.0.  It is quite a motivating feeling when I know that others are reading the material and expanding on the ideas of [...]

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The world of teaching has found me doing my different things in my spare time. Here are just a few…

Taking Graduate Courses as I attempt to build up toward my MA+ levels on the pay scale
Taking and helping with a training on SMART Notebook software, SMART Boards, SMART Senteos, and Tablet PC
Rearranging my office at [...]

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For those of you who thought I was done blogging, I was for a while. I was out of inspiration and organizing my own life and thoughts in my complicated brain. I have not had a great deal of time to share my ideas and converse with the educational bloggers out there. There have been [...]

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As I have in the past, I am going to involve a content management system which allows me to utilize many great tools. However, this year I am switching to Moodle despite my love for Drupal. The advancements of DrupalED are just not enough compared to the many features of a moodle. [...]

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