Bill Young
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Orlando, Florida, United States
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14+ years teaching public education, 10 of those have been with gifted learners. I have been teaching middle school students since 2001.
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Sweding Movie Project
Students remake their all time favorite movie into a much briefer and very low budget version of the original.
The term is from a 2008 Jack Black movie called "Be Kind Rewind". In the movie, Jack Black works at a VHS video rental store, and acidentally erases all the video tapes. Rather than purchase new tapes, he and his coworker, Mos Def, decide to reshoot the movies using low budget effects that they can scrounge from the local dumpsters. I usually show clips from this movie to my stude
6th - 12th
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Experience
14+ years teaching public education, 10 of those have been with gifted learners. I have been teaching middle school students since 2001.
Teaching style
I prefer to give students an opportunity to do hands on projects and to produce projects both individually and in groups. My classroom style is more of a manager while the students explore and learn on their own.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Selected as teacher of the year 2 times by two different schools.
I have won over $30,000 in grants in the past 5 years.
My own education history
BS Degree in Biology from the University of Central Florida
National Board Certified Teacher in Middle Grades Science
300+ hours in Gifted Endorsement classes completed in 2005
Additional biographical information
In addition to my time in the classroom, I am frequently called upon to teach workshops in my district, am the county resource teacher for our newly adopted textbook, and have been asked to author content for a variety of science books and websites.
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