"Could you post specifics about your activity I would like to try this on the first day...."

"I am going to try it this year with my middle school students. In the past I taught 7th and 8th grade, this year all 8th. Your percentages for students not returning homework is what I averaged also so I was hoping it improved with the flipped…"

"I know this is old and you have probably taught it but I thought I would lend my suggestions. We used the Mission US game last year  (we had students create game resource sites for elementary students in the district, that included background…"

"Reginaschaffer 7th & 8th Eastern US history from exploration to Reconstruction (7th) & 20th century to present (8th) **Would love to debate, discuss current events, collaboratively discuss/analyze primary source documents, simultaneously…"

"I am completely burned out.....so much so I am hanging out here instead of checking my ustream channel for tomorrow's presidential smackdown, grading assignments, commenting on student's google docs, etc....I feel like I sprinted through…"

"I love this idea, every time I read about a company (like Google) providing this time for employees to pursue whatever they like, I wonder how I can incorporate it into my class. Thanks for the ideas. I have 7th and 8th graders, I think next year I…"

"This is my first year teaching 20th century history and unfortunately I am only up to the early 90s. Next year my pacing will improve. The students really wanted to do a unit on modern terrorism, but alas time time time is never on our side."