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MySciHigh: Instant Feedback & the Teacher’s Perspective
So, currently, I spend a great deal of time on a laptop while our MySciHigh platform is being used during class time at SMASH. In fact, I would say that I actually am just in the classroom as tech support for the students and the teacher, Mr. C, and for crisis management – NOT actually as a teacher.
But, on Wednesday, Mr. C had an appointment and I ended up stepping in to teach his two…
MySciHigh: A Lesson on Intermolecular Forces
Today, they learned about intermolecular forces, IMF, (a.k.a. what keeps the world from falling apart) so that they would have the knowledge they’d need in order to succeed in their final unit project. Having done some interactive pre-lab, online exercises on IMF before coming to class for their lab, the students recorded their data from the lab exercise straight onto their MySciHigh pages…
MySciHigh: Humble Beginnings
A few months ago, I decided that it would be a great idea to launch a start-up. I mean, come on – as an urban high school chemistry teacher, I knew everything and therefore clearly had to share my expansive knowledge of all that is great in science teaching with the world. So, I took a chance and drove to the StartUp Weekend Education in Santa Clara in February, pitched my idea, and stood…