I recently finished Courageous Edventures: Navigating Obstacles to Discover Classroom Innovation by Jennie Magiera. Let me first start by saying that I was extremely excited when Jennie announced she was writing a book, and then again when […]
Coding is one (of many) areas that I have a lot to learn. To be honest, I don’t think I was really sold that all kids should learn to code until about the past year […]
Whenever I’m talking to teachers about the importance of global connections for our students, I often have elementary and primary teachers assume that they couldn’t do these types of activities with their students because of […]
As the final hours of 2015 wind down, I wanted to do a quick reflection on my year. A lot has changed for me over this past year. I was accepted as a Google Education Trainer (end […]
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 […]
In one of my graduate courses, I had to pick a leader and read a biography about them. Since the name of my game is technology in education, I decided to go with someone in […]
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 […]
Whether you’re interested in completely revamping your lessons or just looking to get a few ideas, Web 2.0 How-To for Educators by Gwen Solomon and Lynne Schrum is a great read. I call it the […]