Author Archives: zshiner

Big Changes coming to Geometry*

Posted on February 3, 2013

With the start of a new semester, and with the framework from and guidance of teachers more experienced than I, there will be big changes to my geometry classroom beginning next week.  I am both excited and nervous about these … Continue reading →

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Good / Bad ways to address off task students

Posted on November 6, 2011

I was reading Jason’s blog the other day and I was struck with guilt by  something he said: The downside (of new teacher blogs)  is I get that “parent whose daughter is going to be out past midnight for the … Continue reading →

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A Classroom For Next Year

Posted on July 11, 2011

[this post is about a project I have been working on for this summer.  If you would like to read more about it / join in, follow this link.] Even though it’s the middle of summer, my job as a … Continue reading →

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The Difference between Teaching & Graduate School + A Call for Assistance

Posted on June 20, 2011

I suppose that it would be a gross understatement to equate earning a master’s degree in education to beginning a career in teaching.  Even today, months before I begin my job, I am experiencing the glaring discrepancies between these two … Continue reading →

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Moving: It’s like the mathematical process…

Posted on June 19, 2011

Since 2005 I have lived in two countries, four states, and fifteen different dwellings (I use the term dwelling so I can include the trailer in a church parking lot and the tent that I stayed in for two months). … Continue reading →

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