Blog - Page 2 of 24 - THOM GIBSON

18 Aug 2020

4 BEST MICS for Remote Teaching [on Any Budget]

Let's explore microphones for distance learning! (more…)

13 Aug 2020

How to Get a Teaching Job During COVID-19

A few years ago I made a video on how to reach out to schools when no one is calling you back about a job by strategically visiting the school just to shake hands with the principal. That's more difficult to do during a pandemic. (more…)

20 Jun 2020

How One Student Made $300 From Home With This eBay Project | Remote Learning STEM

Teaching students how to make money online is a perfect remote-learning project for any math or financial literacy class. (more…)

02 Jun 2020

3 Things That Have Helped Me Understand & Process the Protests, Racial Injustices, and Our Role as Educators in It All

My hope with all my content is to help educators create meaningful and memorable experiences for their students. In creating those experiences for our black and brown students, working to understand what their experience is as a black or brown person is in the US will be critical in informing our work as educators. This applies even if all our students are white; what experience are we giving them to learn about the current racial injustices in the US. We as educators, particularly non-black educators, have to put the work and effort and time in to understand what's going on…

01 Jan 2020

Reflections on Each Day of 2019

I’ve always been one to quantify and record things. Been journaling since I was a teenager, have always documented my workouts and runs throughout the years, and since 2014, I've been taking 1 second of footage everyday and compiling it into a short video at the end of the year. Here is 2019's '1 Second Everyday.' https://youtu.be/qyIg5Q8RGRI In regards to journaling, for a few years I’d only journal a few times a year when something was on my mind. Additionally, I found that at the end of summers I often wondered ‘what the heck did I do all summer?’ To…

15 Nov 2019

Top 10 Classroom Management Tips in 10 Minutes

Classroom management is probably one of the biggest struggles for teachers and a huge reason folks leave the profession. I thought it'd be helpful to share 10 of my classroom management tips that have helped form a positive classroom culture in my classes. https://youtu.be/u8kUwpO3ucw 📝To get the Hall Refocus Form emailed to you, CLICK HERE.🚪For ideas for greeting students creatively, CLICK HERE.🗣For tips for a talkative classroom, CLICK HERE.🏫For another classroom management video of mine, CLICK HERE. What's your top classroom management tip?

23 Oct 2019

5 Ways To Greet Your Students

Had the pleasure of being on Vicki Davis' '10 Minute Teacher Podcast' this week! I shared the 5 different ways I greet students depending on the day of the week! Monday - Merry Mini-Fist Bump MondayTuesday - Happy Two-Thumbs Up TuesdayWednesday - Happy Waving WednesdayThursday - Happy Thankful Thursday; what are you thankful for besides your friends & your family?Friday - Happy High-5 Friday If you've got 10 minutes, take a listen to the podcast here :) You can see Vicki's full blog post on the episode HERE.

17 Oct 2019

Your Money Problems Impact Your Teaching | Best Business Books To Influence Your Teaching

The third installment of my 'Best Business Books To Influence Your Teaching.' I explore the lessons I've learned from Dave Ramsey's 'The Total Money Makeover' and how it helped my wife and I get out of $120k of medical school debt. Additionally, I share how I've pulled some of the principles into the financial literacy lessons I teach in my classroom. 💰 How We Paid $120,000 of Med School Loans in 4 Years💸 'Create & Manage A Classroom Economy' course📘My Books & Beef Jerky Instagram account https://youtu.be/xO7FUQmWj6U The other videos in this series: Student Motivation4 Hour [Teacher] Workweek Get the…

11 Oct 2019

The Best New Review Activity For Any Class

In this video, I chat about a new review activity I tried called the Three 3's. I really enjoyed it. Students had 9 questions and they had to ask a different person each question and summarize their answer. Got them up out of their seats and working with students they don't normally work with. Can work in any content area. Here is the example I showed in the video for my Pre-Algebra class. I got the idea from a book called Total Participation Techniques. https://youtu.be/RXWDuAKq_Lk

08 Oct 2019

4 Hour [Teacher] Workweek? | Best Business Books To Influence Your Teaching

In this video, I explore some of the principles of I learned from Tim Ferriss' 4 Hour Workweek in my classroom, particularly 'elimination' and 'automation.' What are things I can just STOP doing?What are things I can AUTOMATE by having someone else do it (a student) or technology do it for me? Spoiler alert…I still work more than 4 hours ;) https://youtu.be/PuycAhe9jLc Resources mentioned: 💸Classroom economy resources⏱4 Hour Workweek | Tim Ferriss📝Writing in math class➗Khan Academy online math exercises🤳Remind text reminders🎧Tim Ferriss Show podcast🥩Books & Beef Jerky Instagram🏫My teacher Instagram