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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
E-waste Recycling Poster Contest for #Digcit Day
As part of our school-wide Digital Citizenship Day on February 24th, all science classes had a research/poster contest (special thanks to one of our science teachers-Lauren Wulker- for the idea!). The students were given a […]
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 […]
Candid EdTech Discussion with Teachers
This year I started monthly Lunch & Learn sessions for educational technology PD for teachers during their lunch bell. October through February, I chose the session topics, many of which covered our new school-wide LMS […]