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Jen replied to Jason Maas-Baldwin's discussion Your Thoughts on Teaching Style in the group AP Biology

"Jason, First - feel your pain. Starting out teaching is hard enough, but AP is an entirely different monster! I wouldn't suggest doing this everyday, but incorporating something I call "whiteboarding" is a good use of time to have the…"

Jan 6, 2010

malcolm chrystal replied to Jason Maas-Baldwin's discussion Your Thoughts on Teaching Style in the group AP Biology

"ooh! i am liking this. just set up my uta id!! need time t explore! thanks paula."

Jan 6, 2010

Paula Courtemanche replied to Jason Maas-Baldwin's discussion Your Thoughts on Teaching Style in the group AP Biology

"I do a combo of a few things. I do use powerpoints, some from the Campbell book that I modify - some I make myself. I also have a Moodle site for the kids to do interactive class/homework assignments. It's great to link an assignment to a…"

Jan 5, 2010

Debra Garcia replied to Jason Maas-Baldwin's discussion Your Thoughts on Teaching Style in the group AP Biology

"I know that given my time constraints, I can't teach them everything they need to know by May. I finally had that realization last year and it helped me change my approach. As with intro bio, my main goal for my students is that they become…"

Jan 3, 2010

David Knuffke replied to Jason Maas-Baldwin's discussion Your Thoughts on Teaching Style in the group AP Biology

"Hey Hey, I weighed in on the list-serve, but I'll do it again here. My preference is to create notes as a class on the board during instruction and to use the slideware to project images with captions, movies and audio. That's about it. I…"

Jan 3, 2010

Michael Doyle replied to Jason Maas-Baldwin's discussion Your Thoughts on Teaching Style in the group AP Biology

"I'm still wrestling with this--I literally take down my SMART Board to make more board space, then use the projector to flip up some images. I'm not even sure the professional images are any more useful than my scribbly diagrams. This is…"

Jan 3, 2010

malcolm chrystal replied to Jason Maas-Baldwin's discussion Your Thoughts on Teaching Style in the group AP Biology

"you ar e not alone! i tend to stick to lecture/notes style. I find that my students disconnect easily way too often and I need them to be "doing" something when i present new material. Somewhere along the line they decided that bio was the…"

Jan 3, 2010

Jason Maas-Baldwin added a discussion to the group AP Biology

Your Thoughts on Teaching Style

Hello all. I am a first year AP Bio teacher. In fact, this is my first year teaching biology period. I have been confounded by the debate on whether to lecture from PowerPOint, write notes on the board, or have students learn the material themselves through the book and online tutorials (Hippocampus) and just quiz them on the material in class. There are great PowerPoints out there but I see the students disconnect from the material when it is presented in such a robust format. Writing from…See More

Jan 3, 2010

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Jason Maas-Baldwin replied to Robert Penrose's discussion What is your best lesson? in the group AP Biology

"Thanks Robert! This is a great idea. I had been struggling to come up with something less generic to do after the AP. This idea hits the sweet spot."

Jan 3, 2010

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AP Biology

As my students sighed the other day when I assigned yet another reading, "The AP doesn't stand for "Awesome Party", does it?" Nope. But it's a great class anyway!See More

Jan 3, 2010

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Colin Matheson left a comment for Jason Maas-Baldwin

"Right on Jason! Welcome to the synapse. Join the groups AP Bio and Fervent Evolution Discussion!"

Feb 18, 2009