Evidence | Artifacts (All | Highlights | Stories)
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Classroom Video – Playfish
Playfish makes videos for admissions and development. They shot some B-roll of my class which happens to capture the atmosphere that I strive for. It should be enjoyable to be learning things, humor is a plus and students should be working hard on the material. It is possible to do great work and not take…
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Quotes: Pedagogical Practice
Early EPS – Involving 8th in building culture Having a discussion that was structured and everyone was involved was definitely the most fun. Student Experience Survey, Evolution of Society 2016-17 people seem to be engaged in work and are actively calling JB in for help. He moves around classroom easily- people seem comfortable asking questions.…
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Projects (that were not building courses)
This is a stream of conscious list of projects done over the years and who was partnered with in []. If you don’t see a shared project on here, let me know and I’ll add it. The list is not meant to be read top to bottom but rather to indicate that pursuing projects, alone…
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Courses Taught
The following are all the difference courses I have taught over the years. Feel free to ask me about any of them. Term and Year-Long Courses Precalculus Honors Precalculus Multivariable Calculus Conceptual Physics Physics Honors Physics AP Physics Mechanics AP Physics Electricity & Magnetism Science Workshop Scientific Thinking 3 Advanced Physics Web Design 1 Programming…
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Quotes: Professional Practice
Engaging assignments and willingness to change the class to fit the students needs. I think Mr. Briggs is a really great teacher, especially for this class. Data Science 1 Student 2022-23 It took a while for some of our assignments to be returned, so I would have been nice if things were graded faster. Data…
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Calculus Journey [2020-21 Fall Remote]
The first few days of Calculus (covering the fall for the pleasure of Oscar Fassino) laid out what was in store for the year of Calculus. As a student, I remember calculus being as large a cognitive leap as algebra was and I wanted to encourage students to lean into that potential discomfort in addition…
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Bentley Schedule 2004-05
Helped lead a committee to change the Bentley schedule to one with more blocks. They no longer use this schedule but we quite enjoyed it after we made it. Each class had a 50 minute session on Monday and then one 100 minute and one 60 minute block later on in the week. You can…
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Learning Styles are a Myth
Statements like these require more precision. Saying learning styles is a myth is not saying that some people are better than others in different types of thinking (auditory, visual, etc). What it is refuting is that catering to students learning strengths for a particular topic improves outcomes. It turns out that catering the type of…
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Daily Agenda Examples
2022-23 Data Science 1 [collaboration with Ted Scott] 2021-22 Calculus [note: Remote Class] [Collaboration with Adrienne Berhmann, John Kaminsky, Jeff Sanderson]
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Data Science Course Progression
This onenote page was built to help students understand the structure of the whole course and how it was setting them up for success in their final projects. [The final project] was a cumulation of everything we learned up to that point, and in addition to being able to learn all sorts of new things…
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Application to Eastside Prep
Cover letter, example syllabus, a challenging assignment and teaching philosophy.
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Early Teaching Philosophy [2004-05]
In my final year at Bentley, I was invited to give the convocation speech and the class charge at graduation. Below are the two speeches as written (I went a bit off book in the actual delivery). Interestingly, these speeches went through administrative review and were deemed absolutely appropriate. Reading them nearly 20 years later,…