Organized Collection of Articles From Maggie May

Today we have a guest blogger, Maggie May.

Here is her introduction:

Hi! My name is Maggie May and I've been teaching AP Psychology and Honors Psychology at Villa Joseph Marie High School in Holland, PA for four years. I have my Bachelor's degree in History with a 7-12 Social Studies Teaching Certificate from West Chester University and recently graduated from La Salle University with my Master's degree in Education. I am excited for the 2017-2018 school year which will mark my fifth year teaching psychology. I am especially "psyched" to be adding an "Introduction to Psychology" elective course to my schedule. In addition to psych I am a lover of all things history -- so far I've taught American History, American Government, and Principles of Sociology. I hope you find this compilation of psychology articles/video links/Ted talks to be helpful as we all plan to head back to school!


Link to her Google Doc that compiled the set of articles posted in the AP Psych Facebook Group over the past year. This is an incredible resource for those who like to go beyond the textbook for making connections to the "real world."

Thank you, Maggie!!!




posted by Chuck Schallhorn

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Good luck on the AP Psych Exam today!

We're sending GOOD VIBES to all the AP psych teachers and students today! Hope your students leave the test feeling great - you worked hard all year, and this is your chance to show what you can do! You got this!

posted by Rob McEntarffer

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Psychology Shopping: Megapost

Are you ready to do some shopping?  If so, below is a list of places you can find wonderful items for your own personal collection and/or your classroom.

Please be sure to add any places or ideas in the comments!

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Books

I will do a separate post on all of these at some point in the future, but here are a few pictures of my bookshelves-I can recommend nearly all of these; I have not gotten to all of them (and this is not even all my psych books)--sorry for the mess, I just recently moved:

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PsychKits

http://psychkits.com/ 
Includes inversion goggles, activities, and many other resources

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Amazon.com

The THSP Psych Store--lots of possibilities

Lots of different brain models

Psychology Games

Psychology Jewelry--seriously, this is a thing!

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Apps

iScore5 Psychology App
https://www.facebook.com/iScore5APPsych/
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/iscore5-ap-psych-2016/id1084611907?mt=8

Psych Hero
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/psychero-test-prep-for-ap/id492497083?mt=8

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Psychology Posters

Holstee Manifesto Poster
https://www.holstee.com/collections/all/products/holstee-manifesto-poster 

If you can print out your own posters (and possibly have them laminated by your school), Pinterest has numerous possibilities:
https://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=psychology%20posters&rs=typed&0=psychology%7Ctyped&1=posters%7Ctyped


From the APA, Classroom Posters--downloadable
http://www.apa.org/ed/precollege/undergrad/classroom-posters.aspx


Anatomical Prints
Skull Anatomy
http://anatomicalprints.com/human_skull_anatomy_chart.html

Anatomy Warehouse
Spinal Nerves
https://www.anatomywarehouse.com/spinal-nerves-anatomical-chart-a-102614

Organs of the Ear
https://www.anatomywarehouse.com/the-ear-organs-of-hearing-and-balance-anatomical-chart-a-102574

Brain Poster-$11
https://www.anatomywarehouse.com/the-brain-anatomical-chart-a-102567

Brain Model
https://www.anatomywarehouse.com/deluxe-human-brain-anatomy-model-a-100130

Brain Model with Arteries-$344
https://www.anatomywarehouse.com/deluxe-brain-anatomy-model-with-arteries-9-parts-a-100472

Giant Brain Model-$467
https://www.anatomywarehouse.com/giant-regional-brain-anatomy-model-a-103132

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Teachers Discovery Store-Psychology Page

Social Studies dot com
They have a little bit of everything, but especially books and DVDs. They tend to be a bit more expensive

Cafe Press Psychology Jewelry

Cafe Press All Gifts

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The Psychology Shop
for lots of different ideas including Jung and Freud finger puppets--don't even think about commenting on this one
Freudian Slippers

Zazzle Psychology Gifts

Etsy Psychology Gifts

Sniffy the Virtual Rat (Lite Version)


Again, if I have missed anything, please leave a note in the comments or email me at thspblog@gmail.com 



posted by Chuck Schallhorn

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AP Psychology Exam - equated across years!

I learned something interesting (to me) about the AP psychology exam via Twitter: the exam is "equated" across years, meaning that the difficulty of the exam is kept constant. This means that if students do "better" on one year vs. another, we can interpret that improvement as a learning gain.

posted by Rob McEntarffer

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iScore5 AP Psychology APP - Review for AP Psychology Exam

The moderators and readers of this blog are no slouches at AP Review materials. They've put out some pretty great stuff. I'd like to share with you another pretty awesome review that's new and was created by some great friends of this page, Ms. Nancy Fenton and Ms. Laura Brandt, both at Adlai Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, IL.

15 AP Psychology teachers, College Board exam readers, and psychology professors wrote hundreds of AP style questions to help prep kids for May 2. There are practice questions, an 800 word glossary, and a full-length practice exam.

The APP is $4.99 and can be found fot iPhones ot Androids.

Website info here http://www.iscore5.com/apreg-psychology.html

Video info here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztHIMr4Nres

-----Posted by Amy Ramponi (full disclosure - I did write some questions for this project. I am in no way financially benefiting from this post, however.)

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Summer Training Opportunities for Advanced Placement

Kent Korek originally posted this on this school website, but I got his permission to post it here.

2016 Advanced Placement Psychology Summer Institutes Below you will find a listing of the 2016 AP Psychology Summer Institutes as listed on the College Board website. APSIs provide an opportunity to learn about teaching AP Psychology and meet other AP Psychology colleagues. The institutes are run by College Board endorsed consultants.Please be aware, institutes may be cancelled due to inadequate enrollment, consultants may be changed due to unforeseen circumstances and some email addresses may not be up to date. Please report any changes/corrections to Kent Korek at kkorek@germantown.k12.wi.us  For more information on 2016 APSIs in Psychology go to http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/InstitutesAndWorkshops Start Date Location Consultant Consultant Email APSI - Psychology 06/06/2016 Woodward Academy (College Park,GA,US) Hugh Canterbury hcanterbury@forsyth.k12.ga.us APSI - Psychology 06/13/2016 Gulf Coast State College (Panama City,FL,US) Tony DellaCrosse tdellacrosse@comcast.net APSI - Psychology 06/13/2016 Community School of Naples (Naples,FL,US) Kimberly Cruz Pattypsych@gmail.com APSI - Psychology 06/13/2016 University of Texas at Austin (Austin,TX,US) Katherine Minter krpminter@gmail.com APSI - Psychology - New Teachers 06/13/2016 Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem,NC,US) Larry Stombaugh LStombau@wsfcs.k12.nc.us APSI - Psychology 06/20/2016 Plainfield North High School (Plainfield,IL,US) Terri Lindenberg tlindenberg@lphs.org APSI - Psychology 06/20/2016 University of Wisconsin - Madison (Madison,WI,US) Nancy Fenton nfenton@d125.org APSI - Psychology 06/20/2016 Augsburg College (Minneapolis,MN,US) Kent Korek kkorek@germantown.k12.wi.us APSI - Psychology 06/20/2016 Walton High School (Marietta,GA,US) Jeff Norby jnorby2@gmail.com APSI - Psychology 06/20/2016 Episcopal School of Baton Rouge (Baton Rouge,LA,US) Jill Compher jill.compher@gcisd.net APSI - Psychology 06/20/2016 University of Texas at El Paso (El Paso,TX,US) Katherine Minter krpminter@gmail.com APSI - Psychology - Experienced Teachers 06/20/2016 The University of Central Florida (Orlando,FL,US) Kimberly Cruz Pattypsych@gmail.com APSI - Psychology - Experienced Teachers 06/20/2016 Texas Christian University (Fort Worth,TX,US) Margaret Davidson margaret.davidson@rockwallisd.org APSI - Psychology - New Teachers 06/20/2016 Texas Christian University (Fort Worth,TX,US) Charlie Blair-Broeker ctb-b@cfu.net APSI - Psychology 06/21/2016 Tucson High Magnet School (Tucson,AZ,US) Martin Anderson ? APSI - Psychology 06/21/2016 California State University - Monterey Bay (Seaside,CA,US) Don Leach doncleach@aol.com APSI - Psychology 06/27/2016 Interlake High School (Bellevue,WA,US) Rob McEntarffer rmcenta@lps.org APSI - Psychology 06/27/2016 Grand Blanc High School (Grand Blanc,MI,US) Terri Lindenberg tlindenberg@lphs.org APSI - Psychology 06/27/2016 University of North Carolina Asheville (Asheville,NC,US) Nancy Homb Homb1@pdq.net APSI - Psychology 06/27/2016 East Carolina University (Greenville,NC,US) ? ? APSI - Psychology 06/27/2016 Woodson High School/Fairfax County Public Schools (Fairfax,VA,US) Tony DellaCrosse tdellacrosse@comcast.net APSI - Psychology 06/27/2016 Taft School (Watertown,CT,US) Tom Purcell purcelt@aol.com APSI - Psychology 06/27/2016 University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington,TX,US) Katherine Minter krpminter@gmail.com APSI - Psychology 06/27/2016 University of Tulsa (Tulsa,OK,US) Amy Jones jonesie04@hotmail.com APSI - Psychology 06/27/2016 Goucher College (Baltimore,MD,US) Alan Feldman felpsy@optonline.net APSI - Psychology 06/27/2016 Rutgers University, New Brunswick (New Brunswick,NJ,US) Mike Hamilton mhamilton@hopkinton.k12.ma.us APSI - Psychology 06/27/2016 Montgomery College (Gaithersburg,MD,US) Faye Johnson ? APSI -Psychology 06/27/2016 Allegheny Intermediate Unit's APSI at South Fayette High School (McDonald (suburban Pittsburgh),PA,US) Jeff Norby jnorby2@gmail.com APSI - Psychology - Experienced Teachers 06/27/2016 Carleton College (Northfield,MN,US) Charlie Blair-Broeker ctb-b@cfu.net APSI - Psychology - New Teachers 06/27/2016 Carleton College (Northfield,MN,US) Kent Korek kkorek@germantown.k12.wi.us APSI - Psychology - New Teachers 06/27/2016 Western Kentucky University (Bowling Green,KY,US) Allison Herzig Allison.Herzig@fcps.edu APSI - Psychology 06/28/2016 University High School (Morgantown,WV,US) Jill Compher jill.compher@gcisd.net APSI - Psychology 07/05/2016 St Clements School (Toronto, Canada) Wes Warren weswarren26@hotmail.com APSI - Psychology 07/05/2016 University of Iowa (Iowa City,IA,US) Charlie Blair-Broeker ctb-b@cfu.net APSI - Psychology 07/05/2016 The Bolles School (Jacksonville,FL,US) Kimberly Cruz Pattypsych@gmail.com APSI - Psychology 07/10/2016 The University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education (Athens,GA,US) Kimberly Cruz Pattypsych@gmail.com APSI - Psychology 07/11/2016 Sacramento State University (Sacramento,CA,US) Amy Jones jonesie04@hotmail.com APSI - Psychology 07/11/2016 Metropolitan State University (Denver,CO,US) Margaret Davidson margaret.davidson@rockwallisd.org APSI - Psychology 07/11/2016 Northwestern University (Chicago,IL,US) Tina Athanasopoulas tina.athanasopo@d214.org APSI - Psychology 07/11/2016 Ball State University (Muncie,IN,US) Charlie Blair-Broeker ctb-b@cfu.net APSI - Psychology 07/11/2016 Loyola University Chicago (Chicago,IL,US) Terri Lindenberg tlindenberg@lphs.org APSI - Psychology 07/11/2016 University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Charlotte,NC,US) Larry Stombaugh LStombau@wsfcs.k12.nc.us APSI - Psychology 07/11/2016 Kennesaw State University - A.T.O.M.S. Center (Kennesaw,GA,US) Hugh Canterbury hcanterbury@forsyth.k12.ga.us APSI - Psychology 07/11/2016 Taft School (Watertown,CT,US) Lori Hodin lori_hodin@lsrhs.net APSI - Psychology 07/11/2016 Texas Lutheran University (Seguin,TX,US) Jill Compher jill.compher@gcisd.net APSI - Psychology 07/11/2016 University of Texas at Tyler (Tyler,TX,US) Katherine Minter krpminter@gmail.com APSI - Psychology 07/11/2016 Fordham University (New York,NY,US) Alan Feldman felpsy@optonline.net APSI - Psychology 07/11/2016 Sentinel Secondary School (West Vancouver,Canada) Donald Leach doncleach@aol.com APSI - Psychology 07/12/2016 Davis High School (Kaysville,UT,"US) Laura Brandt lbrandt@d125.org APSI - Psychology 07/12/2016 Pike High School (Indianapolis,IN,US) Sean Mahoney smahoney@WTHS.NET APSI - Psychology 07/12/2016 Carleton College (Northfield,MN,US) Nancy Fenton nfenton@d125.org APAC- Psychology - Experienced Teachers 07/14/2016 Hilton Anaheim and Anaheim Convention Center (Anaheim,CA,US) ? ? APAC - Psychology - New Teachers 07/14/2016 Hilton Anaheim and Anaheim Convention Center (Anaheim,CA,US) ? ? APSI - Psychology 07/17/2016 St. Johnsbury Academy (St. Johnsbury,VT,US) Lori Hodin lori_hodin@lsrhs.net APSI - Psychology 07/18/2016 Palo Alto High School (Palo Alto,CA,US) Amy Jones jonesie04@hotmail.com APSI - Psychology 07/18/2016 Hazelwood West High School (Hazelwood,MO,US) ? ? APSI - Psychology 07/18/2016 Olathe Northwest High School (Olathe,KS,US) Kent Korek kkorek@germantown.k12.wi.us APSI - Psychology 07/18/2016 Woodward Academy (College Park,GA,US) Hugh Canterbury hcanterbury@forsyth.k12.ga.us APSI - Psychology 07/18/2016 Nova Southeastern University (Fort Lauderdale,FL,US) Kimberly Cruz Pattypsych@gmail.com APSI - Psychology 07/18/2016 Southern Methodist University (Plano,TX,US) Jill Compher jill.compher@gcisd.net APSI - Psychology 07/18/2016 La Salle University (Philadelphia,PA,US) ? ? APSI - Psychology 07/19/2016 East Kentwood High School (Kentwood,MI,US) Jeff Norby jnorby2@gmail.com APSI - Psychology - Experienced Teachers 07/19/2016 Rice University (Houston,TX,US) Margaret Davidson margaret.davidson@rockwallisd.org APSI - Psychology 07/25/2016 University of San Diego (San Diego,CA,US) Margaret Davidson margaret.davidson@rockwallisd.org APSI - Psychology 07/25/2016 Cherry Creek High School (Greenwood Village,CO,US) Laura Brandt lbrandt@d125.org APSI - Psychology 07/25/2016 Florida International University- BBC (Miami,FL,US) Kimberly Cruz Pattypsych@gmail.com APSI - Psychology 07/25/2016 Fitchburg State University (Fitchburg,MA,US) Mike Hamilton mhamilton@hopkinton.k12.ma.us APSI - Psychology - Experienced Teachers 07/25/2016 University of South Florida (Tampa,FL,US) Kimberly Cruz Pattypsych@gmail.com APSI - Psychology - New Teachers 07/25/2016 University of South Florida (Tampa,FL,US) Larry Stombaugh LStombau@wsfcs.k12.nc.us APSI - Psychology 07/26/2016 Lewes Beach APSI, Delaware (Lewes,DE,US) Alan Feldman felpsy@optonline.net APSI - Psychology - New Teachers 07/26/2016 Rice University (Houston,TX,US) Katherine Minter krpminter@gmail.com APSI - Psychology 08/01/2016 Palos Verdes Peninsula High School (Rolling Hills Estate,CA,US) Laura Brandt lbrandt@d125.org APSI - Psychology 08/01/2016 Fort Vancouver High School (Vancouver,WA,US) Kristin Whitlock kwhitlock@dsdmail.net APSI - Psychology 08/01/2016 Novi High School (Novi,MI,US) Sean Mahoney smahoney@WTHS.NET APSI - Psychology 08/01/2016 Manhattan College (Riverdale,NY,US) Katherine Minter krpminter@gmail.com APSI - Psychology 08/01/2016 St. Joseph''s College - New York (Long Island Campus) (Patchogue,NY,US) Tom Purcell purcelt@aol.com APSI - Psychology - New Teachers 08/01/2016 College of William and Mary (Williamsburg,VA,US) Allison Herzig Allison.Herzig@fcps.edu posted by Chuck Schallhorn

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Teachers of Interest: Michael Corayer

I'm not sure when I "met" him online or how I got to know him, by I have been very impressed by the knowledge and writing of Michael Corayer. I've had a chance to read his books on mastering introductory psychology, available at the links below. His writing style is engaging and the stories he uses to bring the reader in are fascinating. I highly recommend checking out his blogs, his books, and his twitter account. Below is a short biography.

Michael is still working on the book series, the process of researching, writing, and editing has been taking much longer than expected but says it has been worth it just for the knowledge he has gained. He is working on the last few chapters of volume 4 now, so a full print edition should be available by the end of this school year. His goal is to have the book start helping teachers and students next fall. In the meantime, the first 3 volumes are currently available as ebooks through Amazon and other stores. (Here are the Amazon links for Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3).

Michael Corayer is originally from Brockton, Massachusetts. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Harvard in 2006. In 2008, he moved to Shanghai, China, and began teaching IB Psychology at Shanghai High School International Division. Thanks to growing student interest in psychology over the next few years, he was able to expand the courses offered to include multiple sections of AP Psychology as well as elective courses in psychology. His students were engaged and hard-working and he is proud that last year they earned a 100% pass rate on both IB and AP exams, with the majority of AP students earning a 5. Thanks to encouragement and feedback from his students, he began working to turn his lecture notes into a book series designed to help other psychology students master the material. He left China in July of 2015 and is currently living in Austin, Texas.

Michael's personal blog

His Twitter Account

Amazon Links to Michael's Psych writings


posted by Chuck Schallhorn

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Guest Post: QuizUp

Today's Guest Post is by Michael Sandler or Arlington High School in the great state of Massachusetts. Michael recently posted during #psychat his exploration of using the app "QuizUp" for AP Psychology studying. 

Here is his idea, in his own words. Thanks, Michael, for contributing!

If your students are like mine, they’re on their phones whenever they can – and sometimes should – be. I’ll admit it: the same applies to me. When I have a moment, I like to play games, especially against friends; so do many of my students.

QuizUp is an app I’ve been playing for a few years. It allows players to face off in head-to-head trivia matches about a wide variety of topics. Recently, the game’s producer (Plain Vanilla Games, from Iceland, of all places) unveiled the opportunity for users to create original quiz categories. There has been a Psychology category for years – the questions tend to center around clinical psych – but I wanted to make a study tool tailored to my classes’ curriculum.

After my students read the chapter we’re studying, they have to create original multiple-choice questions about the unit. They use this Google form which populates a spreadsheet. From there, it’s copy-and-paste to put the questions into whatever quizzing tool I prefer: Socrative, Kahoot, Quizziz, and now QuizUp. The metacognitive act of creating questions is an ideal study method.

I encourage you to send your students to QuizUp’s web site or app and search for “AP Psychology.” My students use Myers for AP, ed. 1 and they wrote all of the questions. (But I vetted them, so no junk!) There are presently questions for Chapters 1-3, 5-8, and 10, but I will be adding more as the year progresses. I’d love to see some unfamiliar names on the leaderboard!

---Posted by Amy Ramponi

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Psychology Memes

Memes:
--an element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means, especially imitation.

• a humorous image, video, piece of text, etc. that is copied (often with slight variations) and spread rapidly by Internet users.

I posted about an app that makes memes back in 2014 at this link: http://teachinghighschoolpsychology.blogspot.com/2014/05/meme-factory-post.html

Since then, I have found more than a few psychology memes online. Some are accurate, some are not. You can use accurate ones for lesson starters or inaccurate ones as a way to check for understanding. You could have students create their own. So many possibilities.

Here are some fun ones.  Enjoy!

posted by Chuck Schallhorn

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