
This week we are celebrating my roommate Mark Rogers. He is in the running for Teacher of the Year for the second year in a row, and Best Teacher in the US! He is spearheading new and innovating teaching methods like facilitating his lessons with rap videos that he uses to teach math. Read below for more information..in the mean time here is his newest music video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dqQb8iZtS4
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Good afternoon friends and family!
I am one of ten finalists for a national teaching award called “The Great American Teach-Off” sponsored by The University of Phoenix and GOOD. The general public votes for their favorite teacher based on 90-second videos that the finalists submit.
Each person can vote once per day, so
please vote for me everyday until next Monday when the 2nd Round begins with a new 90-second video. You can register your daily vote at GOOD’s website:
http://cms.good.is/vote_contests/gato2#42
I am the only teacher in the finalist pool who was nominated from Texas, and I hope to add to our increasingly disproportionate share of hardware (NBA titles, MLB pennants, Top Chef winners, NCAA Football championships, Olympic gold medals, etc.).
Please forward this e-mail to your network of friends and colleagues to help me win the 1st place prize of $10,000 for my classroom. There’s a lot of great things I could do for my students with that money, and it’s only given to first place!
Thanks for your support,
Mark