This fellowship has been the best thing to happen to me professionally.  I have learned so much and feel regenerated to continue learning and teaching.  The new knowledge that I am most excited about is flipping my classroom.  I have heard about it, listened to teachers from other schools talk about it and finally after this experience I think I have the knowledge, skills, and confidence to make it happen.  Through flipping my class I believe I will have more time to engage my students in hands on activities and labs including CITIZEN SCIENCE projects.  I also think that through watching the videos and discussing content in class students will retain more information and not get bored doing it.

I also want to try to work on some grants for my classroom and department.  Our school does not have a great deal of money for classroom technology.  Previous principals spent technology money on installing SMARTboards in most of the classrooms.  SMARTboards are nice and convenient, but they are teacher focused.  I would rather have some technology to put in my students hands, to empower their learning.  So, I will use some of the tips learned in the grant writing sessions to find some money to buy technology for my students to use.