Learning to Drive
In February, our district will begin state testing. Once testing begins, there will be at least one grade level in at least one school in our district testing every single school day until May. This big span […]
EdTech Sites & Tools
District-Wide 30 Day Twitter Challenge
In honor of Connected Educator Month, I will share what I have been meaning to write about for a month now… getting teachers connected on Twitter! In August, I led a couple of optional, face-to-face trainings […]
A Parents’ Guide to Teens on Social Media by Liahona Academy
As I was browsing Twitter the other day, I came across this What Your Teen Is Doing On Social Media – The Parents Guide 2014 by the Liahona Academy. I thought it was a very relevant […]
5 EdTech Tools in 5 Minutes: Episode 8
Okay… so it’s less than six minutes! During June and July (and almost August), I put the 5 in 5 screencasts on hold. Well, it’s that time of year again. By no means are these […]
5 Reasons Kahoot & Infuse Learning are the Perfect Formative Assessment Pair
***Infuse Learning will discontinue their service on April 3, 2015.*** This week we (myself and the elementary instructional technology coach in my district) are leading a number of educational technology PD sessions about many different topics […]
5 EdTech Tools in 5 Minutes: Episode 7
It’s that time again: time for the next episode of 5 EdTech Tools in 5 Minutes. Normally I feature 5 edtech tools, but this month I decided to do a spin on the normal screencasts. This […]
Lunch & Learn: Teachers Spotlight EdTech Successes
April marked the last of this years monthly Lunch & Learns, where teachers were invited to bring their lunch to the library during their lunch bell on a designated Thursday each month. I wanted the last […]
5 EdTech Tools in 5 Minutes: Episode 6
It’s that time again: time for the next episode of 5 EdTech Tools in 5 Minutes (okay, okay, less than six minutes). By no means are these five minute episodes a comprehensive overview of the […]
Twitter Chat Key
Every chance I get to tell someone about the benefits of Twitter for an educators’ PLN, I take it. Twitter has truly become my go-to source of real time ideas, feedback, Q&A, etc., which allows […]
5 Edtech Tools in 5 Minutes: Episode 5
With our school-wide Digital Citizenship Day, February was a little crazy and I never got around to making a 5 in 5 episode for February. Now that things have calmed down, I can resume making the […]