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What inspired this project?  My love of math and science first and foremost and my belief that math is the number one interdisciplinary subject. 

I came from a district where I had a SMART board for 4 years. I moved to northern California and was hired at a technology middle school. NO SMART board. I did have chromebooks and it was a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) school. I didn't know how to use them in the classroom . That inspired me to find out the current best practices and enrolled in the MAed program at Touro University. One of our first assignments was hearing a talk by Shelly H. Carson where she explains the pathways to creative solution and the 5 stages of the creative process. I had a problem and I needed a solution. My district was implementing the Project-based learning model/Inquiry. I couldn't figure out how I was supposed to do PBL/Inquiry, teach the technology standards, when my students came to me 64% below grade-level proficiency....oh yah, and the common core math standards (which is plenty on it's own). 
Next I learned about the TPACK and SAMR models which I explain on my research page. It is also where I share my full research report and research presentaion.

I also learned about the flipped classroom model. My AHA moment came and my solution to my problem was to combine the flip model with PBL(project-based learning)/Inquiry that incorporates the design thinking process.  Further inspiration came from my case study reflections that are on my website. 
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