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Tell me about it.
How do you approach the process of investigating a new product, app, program, instructional strategy, device, software, hardware, curriculum, [insert new initiative here]? From a purchasing standpoint,...
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Blogging for learning.
This year, we are using Edublogs K-12 in our district. We’ve had only a few short weeks to introduce teachers to the platform officially (and some teachers may not lay eyes on it until after school...
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First steps at protecting students’ privacy.
I admit that at one point in time I was one of those educators who allowed students to sign into a site using a teacher’s credentials in order to gain access, for example, some of our intermediate...
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It changes us.
I remember the moment in time when I learned how to copy and paste. My parents bought our family an Apple IIGS when I was in junior high school. It was our first personal computer. It was the device...
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Do you let your kids use Google?
I recently attended Pete & C, PA’s educational technology conference. It’s the fifth or sixth time I’ve attended. I typically find some interesting resources and enjoy connecting with members of...
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Why not?
Scott McLeod has issued a #makeschooldifferent challenge and asks us to acknowledge 5 ways of doing business in schools and how to think differently about what it means to teach and learn to support...
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I Remember.
Image via Wikimedia Commons I remember building with blocks. Naps on mats. Performing in a Christmas play. I remember being asked to sit in my teacher’s rocking chair and read Charlotte’s Web to my...
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Some thoughts on rotational learning.
Oh, hey, blog. How you been? One of the things I enjoy most about reading others’ blogs and tweets and Google+ postings is that I get a glimpse into what other schools and classrooms are up to. In the...
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Reconsidering what’s “required”
Busy student bloggers. Blogging isn’t “required”… should we make time for it? Recently I read a post by my friend Bill Ferriter titled Making Room for Uncertainty in the Required Curriculum. Bill...
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Constructive conversations
I recently had the opportunity to use World Cafe for supporting conversation and action with a fine group of educators at the Bucks-Lehigh Edusummit. Ross Cooper was my co-host. Our goal? To discuss...
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