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Brianne, I love digital notebooks but I do not like having to send out all the information at the same time. Is there a way to send out part of the information and then add as needed. I wanted to do a digital interactive Journaling Notebook in my Technology class to assist the students with the STAAR Test and typing what they are thinking. It has helped in the past and I feel it is something that we need to do daily. Do you have anyway to accomplish this?
@@tracytorchon466 foldable first, then glue. We use liquid glue, and it makes the paper wet and hard to write on. Plus, the binding can be challenging and get in the way if you glue first.
ooh girl. 7th grade?! That's so rough. I took a year to try middle school after having been a high school teacher for the first 3 years of my career. The difference in maturity and personalities and habits was FLABBERGASTING. I wish you much luck and patience. Even 9th grade vs 11th grade is so huge for maturity and development.
I have something similar to the drawers that go under the table. I connected them to my small group table. They worked great!! Idk how they’ll work with your standing desk, bc mine went on my small group table, but they were adjustable so I imagine they’ll work great!! Love your videos ❤ anyway… this is only my 2nd year teaching HS math so I learn so much from you!! Thank you!! Have a great school year!
Aww! Thank you! That’s so good to know. Even if they don’t work for my standing desk, maybe they’ll work somewhere else. But I’m keeping my fingers crossed. 🤞🏻
Hello, would Google sheets be good to use when teaching multiple subjects? I have 4 different plannings. Also I have no interest in sharing my sheets with students. I just strictly want to use this to organize my lesson plans. Thank you 😊
Thank you! 💕 But to answer your previous question, I copy and paste the sheet from the previous week. That's why updating the dates is so quick and easy.
I would love to use this. Unfortunately it apparently doesn't meet standard of safety required by our school system. I even "googled" Google comparable. 😂
Hello, I learned a lot from your video. I am at a sticking point and it is when I upload into google drive, my presentation is in single slides. How do I get the whole presentation back together?
Hi ! Which type of compass do you think is easier/more user friendly for students to use because I have been thinking about switching from traditional compasses?
I love the flat compasses. They’re 2-in-1 so students don’t have to switch between tools, and they’re more like a stencil, so there isn’t much of a learning curve like with the traditional compass. The drawbacks are that students need to have sharp pencils to operate them, and that they are limited to only using the holes provided. They can’t set it to just any length like a traditional compass.
Yes. They’re all up on my TPT store, and are being updated so they can be editable. Here is the link: www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Geometry-Interactive-Notebook-Full-Year-Printable-Bundle-5849706?st=a4a1a5e1a3a99f798dfd86c04aecf097
Same here! Accountant for 5 years, definitely considering teaching MS/HS math. I can’t stand sitting in my desk all day in silence, no matter how much I enjoy doing profit/loss analysis.
I love your planner. Can I buy this planner and request additional templates that I have in mind to incorporate into your templates? That way all templates that I collated have that one cohesive aesthetic/appearance?
I love that you pointed out that you are direct, as I am, and so I too often say the wrong things, not realizing how what I say may be understood. I too teach high school math (and chemistry). I look forward to trying this but cannot afford the cost so I hope the free version does the trick.
One question I have is regarding Thinking Classrooms. I have started implementing a Thinking Classroom structure in my middle and high school math classes, and students have moved away from writing down notes as rigidly as they had before. I think too often students are copying down the steps and then "mimicking" the steps they copied down, which shows me that students have learned how to mimic, but they don't actually have a deep understanding of the math concept (this is shown when students are given a problem that doesn't explicitly follow the steps from their notes, and they may have to think outside the box). Do you find that these notebook counteract mimicking? What does your lesson structure look like? Thanks!
Hi. I have a video on my lesson structure. But it’s the traditional math lesson structure. You can adapt your notes for your teaching style. I give my students guided notes since I teach geometry and there are so many diagrams.
That was interestingly insightful. I love practical, yet functional everything😊. I didn't exactly understand how to use the " margined templates." I'm a visual learner. If you could demo, that'd be awesome!! I loved the "pocket page" hack. Thanks for sharing!! Keep those hacks coming!❤
Brianne, You have a magic way that you work with your students. It's good to have the students on the same page with you dominantly because that does all of the managing in itself. Do you still turn certain redirections into a joke? If so, what are like some of the jokes that you've told? - Dwight
I’ve never been in that situation, but I’d probably plan the same way. Instead of having 5 separate 40 minute lessons, I’d end up doubling up to teach 2 lessons in the 80 minutes.
I totally understand the "seasons" of life. As the kids grow, your schedule will change. It can be frustrating, but I like what you said: It's not good or bad.
I don't think there is at this time. A work around for that though would be to create a slide with all of your desired defaults, and then to use it as a template. Next time you want to create a new slides file, you can make a copy from your template.
Thank you for this. I've tried interactive notebook many times, but I think because I don't have a good step up for organizing that I give up halfway thru. This has been very helpful 🙂
It will depend on your school's grade management system. Mine has a google "G" button right in the grade book to import grades directly from Google Classroom. But first, I have to input grades in Google Classroom using the Google Form.
I watched you all the time during my first year of teaching in 2017-2018, I haven't watched your videos in a while but I'm so glad you're still teaching!
Hi, very nice work! I am wondering how you are projecting excel sheet onto the screen with you in the background? Also, I liked how you projected your apple screen at the start. Did you do it while editing or did you use some software to split the screen?
