The Best 1:1 Device is a Good Teacher
Self-Paced Professional Development Here are some options for self-paced, learn-when-you-can professional development. Your district will not hand you these options, but I encourage you to …
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Flipping the Classroom Requires More Than Video
Flipping the classroom has become a large passion of mine. It is one of my ongoing professional goals to implement next year. I have to …
iPad is King in Education
Today I was reading the blog of Steven Anderson, District Instructional Technologist with Winston-Salem Schools in Winston-Salem NC, where he was discussing “Taking a Step …
TeachPaperless: 21 Things That Will Become Obsolete in Education by 2020
21 Things That Will Become Obsolete in Education by 2020 Last night I read and posted the clip on ‘21 Things That Became Obsolete …
The Complete Guide to Facebook for Educators #edtech
Quotes: Google Reader (28) Here is some of what you’ll find in his post:100 Ways You Should Be Using Facebook in Your Classroom50 Useful Facebook …
New Library for the 21st Century! #edtech
I think that this is fantastic! Reading the main story on the Houston Press, there are some teachers and librarians that are up in arms about …
Step 1 – Create A Class Blog | The Edublogger
Why Have A Class Blog A class blog is always a good starting point if you want to blog with your students. It gives you …
Teachers: Please stop prohibiting the use of Wikipedia #edtech
I couldn’t agree more with this post on using Wikipedia in the classroom. Many times I have run across teacher that tell their students to …
‘School of One’ Pilot Program Under Way in Chinatown Middle School 131
Now this is a school! Amazing article by the NY Times on a new way to approach educating students. I have always believed that educating …
World of Warcraft Invades Language Arts Class
I never would have even thought of using WOW as a learning tool in schools until I saw this post and student responses given in …