Each ISTE is unique in its own way - and each year I try to take away one central idea that can help me grow as an educator. This year, in 2018, I took away the fact that I think AR and VR are going to change education in a way that will rock the very foundation of...
When Book Creator came out exclusively for the Chrome Browser in 2017, it brought simple and easy creation to the Chromebook classroom and teachers everywhere rejoiced. Then with the recent addition of a collaborative feature, Book Creator became a useful...
What I really want to know, is why is technology integration and innovative teaching easy for some people to grasp and hard for others? Why does change takes so long!?! Enter the old sayings “Well, that’s the way it’s always been” and “This is a tried...
It’s true every time I hear the term digital literacy, I want to cringe and here is why. It's not that I am saying its the wrong term - it is that I think we might need to expand our thoughts around this idea. Here is why... First let’s take a step back to define...
My obsession with podcasts led me to one called Akimbo by Seth Godin thanks to my friend Tracy Poelzer. This morning while walking my dog, I listened to his podcast for the first time. This episode was about "writers block," and it got me thinking and...
Recently, I have seen a lot of memes in presentations. I decided to collect a few to have some fun! I hope this brings a smile to your face the way it did mine. Some are not that nice...but none the less they do can give teachers a little chuckle. Have fun 2. 3....
Do you want to get your learning on? In an easy way – so simple you can do it in your car on the way to work? Podcasts are the perfect learning tool and the perfect way to get your learning on!
My new word for technology integration is simplicity. If a tool is not simple, then I can’t concentrate as much on the learning because I end up spending too much time trying to understand the app and teaching my students to use it. The tool has to be...
Padlet has been around for a while, but it continues to stay relevant and remains one of the tools I always come back to, especially if I am using a student-facing lesson like a Hyperdoc in my instructional practices. A few days ago they did a magical...
Recently, I have become obsessed with my Google Home. It is as if I can't watch TV without my new little friend next to me. I use it to check facts or fake news, ask questions about people on TV or just be lazy and ask what time it is without having to turn around and...
This summer I got the privilege of visiting Bennett Day School in Chicago. I got to sit down with Martin Moran and listen to their vision, ask questions and look around the campus - and needless to say I was beyond impressed. I have thought about their vision -...
As students begin producing a plethora of digital work - and connecting and sharing that work with the world - we need to take a step back and teach them to think a little more about typography and design. This was not important when I was in school because I either...
