Comments on: Vic Mackey: Teacher of the Year /2007/vic-mackey-teacher-of-the-year/ less helpful Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:44:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Peano Axioms help deal with classroom boredom problem | New Math Done Right /2007/vic-mackey-teacher-of-the-year/#comment-494661 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:44:45 +0000 /?p=219#comment-494661 […] /?p=219 “Vic Mackey: Teacher of the Year” […]

]]> By: Lil Wayne Show Me What You Got /2007/vic-mackey-teacher-of-the-year/#comment-36111 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:06:45 +0000 /?p=219#comment-36111 Hi there…Man i love reading your blog, interesting posts ! it was a great Tuesday

]]> By: dy/dan » Blog Archive » Teacher of the Year: Lil Wayne /2007/vic-mackey-teacher-of-the-year/#comment-24289 Thu, 04 Oct 2007 06:46:59 +0000 /?p=219#comment-24289 […] Vic Mackey: Teacher of the Year And any similarity to David Allen’s Getting Things Done system is, I swear, purely coincidental. [back] […]

]]> By: dy/dan » Blog Archive » Derek Zoolander and the World’s End /2007/vic-mackey-teacher-of-the-year/#comment-8080 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:01:13 +0000 /?p=219#comment-8080 […] I realize that the intersection of entertainment and education is kind of an overdone theme around here. I keep flogging it, though, even past the point of flatlining, because, well, I dunno, everyone’s gotta have a niche, right? I mean, what’s yours? The successful and satisfying implementation of twenty-first-century technology in the classroom? Ha! Sorry, pal. I know these people and that’ll never fly around here. […]

]]> By: Question of the Week #15--What TV Show is Your Classroom Most Like? « Teaching in the Twenty-First Century /2007/vic-mackey-teacher-of-the-year/#comment-4564 Sat, 12 May 2007 04:08:59 +0000 /?p=219#comment-4564 […] TV Show is Your Classroom Most Like? May 12, 2007 Posted by aquiram in Question of the Week. trackback While catching up on some blog reading, I came across Dan’s post about Vic Mackey beingTeacher of the Year. Intrigued? Go read the post here… […]

]]> By: dan /2007/vic-mackey-teacher-of-the-year/#comment-3617 Sat, 05 May 2007 17:47:42 +0000 /?p=219#comment-3617 From what you and another commenter have described, a SmartBoard will be the next thing to jump my game up a notch. Also as you describe, though, I’m leery about hinging my practice on anything that is subject to administrator approval or supply availibility. I build everything off a laptop and projector, both of which I know I could procure pretty easily if I have to move. Dunno how much longer I can hold off the SmartBoard movement, though.

]]> By: J.D. Williams /2007/vic-mackey-teacher-of-the-year/#comment-3566 Sat, 05 May 2007 04:44:30 +0000 /?p=219#comment-3566 I have a SmartBoard interactive white board. The projector is mounted on the ceiling. I’m moving schools after this year and every time I see the new principal I drop a hint about how nice it would be to make sure I’m in a room with one. Today I found out I would be for sure.

You can’t toss tennis balls at interactive dice for base and exponent (or numerators and denominators, etc.) on just a projector. The teacher next door probably doesn’t like it, but we only “play” it on some Thursdays (admins are at the district office Thursday mornings). I need to learn more about Flash so I can make some other dice that have more than just 1 – 6 on them. The SmartBoard has changed the way I teach (for the better I hope) and I can’t see moving anywhere that doesn’t have one anytime soon.

The whole state of Arizona has a subscription to UnitedStreaming, but lately I’ve been using more stuff off YouTube and Google Video then the “educational” stuff.

]]> By: dan /2007/vic-mackey-teacher-of-the-year/#comment-3371 Tue, 01 May 2007 23:11:28 +0000 /?p=219#comment-3371 I should be more empathetic. The transformational effect of a projector has been like Gutenberg’s on publishing, though, and I can hardly remember what teaching was like without. I got mine through Best Buy’s te@ch grant. If it ever went kaput it’d be the first item on my wish-list. I probably wouldn’t rest until I had written the grant that got me another one. Or mugged another teacher for his, I guess.

]]> By: H. /2007/vic-mackey-teacher-of-the-year/#comment-3356 Tue, 01 May 2007 14:49:53 +0000 /?p=219#comment-3356 …or happens in those very many classrooms that do not have projectors and other equipment.

]]> By: dan /2007/vic-mackey-teacher-of-the-year/#comment-3351 Tue, 01 May 2007 13:58:52 +0000 /?p=219#comment-3351 That’s fun stuff. I’m struck by how easy this Internet thing makes the process. A search for “vonnegut daily show” on YouTube and — blam — you’ve got your multi-disciplinary hook and I’m left wondering how all this happened Back When.

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