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 […]
Professional Development
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 […]
Takeaways from #CE14
October marked Connected Educators Month, and there were online events going on at all hours of the day, every day throughout the month. I took part in a number of Twitter chats, free webinars, and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Personalized EdTech PD
You’ve seen it before. In fact, we’re all guilty of it. Telling teachers to personalize/individualize/differentiate (insert your preferred buzzword here) learning for students. But then when PD time rolls around for teachers, we give them […]