Renewing my Blogging Vows
It’s been two months since I’ve written my last post. How did this happen? I really enjoy reflecting, sharing and connecting with other educators through blogging, so I’m renewing my blogging vows! I’ve made getting […]
Inspiration & Motivation
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 […]
5 Ways to Prepare for Connected Educators Month
In addition to Photographer Appreciation Month, National Roller Skating Month, National I Love Lucy Day and National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day (just to name a few), October also serves as Connected Educators Month! According to the […]
Speaking at the EdTech Coaches Playground at ISTE 2014
Like I said in my last post, I’m a little behind on my blogging… ISTE 2014 in Atlanta was another whirlwind experience, and a month later I’m still processing everything. This year, I was lucky […]
Big Changes
It’s been a while since I’ve written my last post, and I’m feeling a little out of practice. I’ve had so much piling up I wanted to write about that I didn’t even really know […]
Tech Teacher of the Year Award
This year was the inaugural year for a Tech Teacher of the Year award at our school. It was decided that the winner would receive new classroom furniture. Luckily, our school PTSA was very generous and […]
Campus Meets Community
Today, I had the honor of speaking to employees from School Outfitters as a part of their Listen, Learn and Lead series. As a testament to their motto, “furnishing great places to learn,” they wanted to get […]
Facilitating PD in my PJs: Moderating my First Twitter Chat
Tonight I had the pleasure of moderating my first Twitter chat: #1to1techat (1:1 teacher chat). This has been my favorite Twitter chat, professional development, and weekly motivation for a long time now. I was flattered […]
Cory Remsburg: Putting Life in Perspective
From the moment the cameras panned to the nation’s First Lady Michelle Obama as the President commended her efforts on childhood obesity during tonight’s State of the Union, my eyes welled with tears as I […]
3 Videos to Rejuvenate You!
After having two weeks off followed by two snow days (thanks to the Polar Vortex), I found myself feeling pretty sluggish and having next to no motivation to leave my dogs and go back to […]