A Conversation with the US Secretary of Education
Hello, I wanted to tell each of you about a wonderful, unique experience I had the other week. For about an hour, I was privileged to have a conversation with the US Secretary of Education […]
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Lunch & Learn: PD Reflections
You’ve seen, heard and read it everywhere: teachers need ongoing technology professional development. That’s where my job, and might I note one of the favorite aspects of my job, comes in. But where is the […]
Twitter Professional Development for Teachers
So I’m a little late with my blog post about this PD, but better late than never! The Twitter PD I put on for teachers was broken up into four parts (Understanding Twitter, Creating an […]
10 Reasons I Prefer Schoology Over Edmodo
Recently, our school purchased Schoology’s Enterprise pack to replace our previous (outdated) LMS. Obviously I am a fan of Schoology since I was a champion for the switch. Through grad school classes and my own […]
Untangling the Web: Perfect Summer Read
At the beginning of the week I purchased Steve Dembo and Adam Bellow’s Untangling the Web: 20 Tools to Power Up Your Teaching. I was so impressed by Bellow’s ISTE 2013 Keynote that I had to read his […]
Free Digital Citizenship Resources from the FTC
In my ISTE13 reflection post I wrote that I had learned about FREE print resources the FTC will send you for students and parents about digital citizenship, online safety and more for FREE! Just as […]
8 Awesome Free Tech Tools to Create Images, Audio and Video
I’m sure by the time I publish this post, there will be eight more awesome tools to create images, audio and video on the web. In the mean time, I wanted to write about some […]
Tablet PC and Web 2.0 Tools for High School Students by Category
In the fall of last year, I created a Blooms Revised Taxonomy Technology Chart that I used with my faculty for PD. Since then I have used that chart multiple times when I meet with […]
ISTE 2013 Conference: 4 Days in 1 Post
I was fortunate enough to attend my first ISTE conference this year. It was an awe inspiring, eye opening and often times an overwhelming experience. I want to reflect on the sessions, posters and products I loved and the key […]
Twitter Contest: Digital Learning Day 2013
Yesterday was a fabulous day of Twitter chats, webinars, live chats, and resource sharing: Digital Learning Day 2013. Being a 1:1 school, I thought we have to do something to celebrate this day! In the midst […]