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 […]
Cheesy, I know. I can’t help myself if there’s a good rhyme to be made! If you’re reading this from my part of the world, you’ve had more snow days than you can count, too. […]
This year I decided to implement a new plan for teacher edtech PD to try to accommodate their schedules as best as possible. I came up with the monthly Lunch & Learn idea, and so […]
In October I started these monthly 5 in 5 episodes to help teachers quickly learn about available tech and web tools they could use in their classrooms. By no means are these five minute episodes a […]
It’s the time of year for ‘Best Of 2013’ lists, so I thought I’d create my own. This list contains the 13 best multi-platform (web, iOS, Android, etc.) apps and sites for the classroom (in […]
You don’t know what you don’t know, right? And there are SO many educational technology tools out there, with new ones arriving and leaving us everyday, that it’s hard to keep up. That’s why I […]
Since October, I’ve been putting on monthly Lunch & Learn PD sessions for teachers. December was dedicated to tests and quizzes in Schoology (our new school-wide LMS). As usual, I shared the results of the pre-survey […]
**Note, I updated the chart in January 2017 (using Google Slides and Docs)! It’s not quite as “pretty,” but it will be much easier to update and add to as new tools are developed. I’m […]
The second session of my Lunch & Learn series took place today. It was the session I was most looking forward to in the whole series- Collaboration in the Classroom: Tools for Student Collaboration! This […]
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 […]