As more content moves online the User Experience is increasingly important. Public K12 institutions increasingly offer asynchronous content. And the UX is about the end-user, the student or parent at home. UX is not about the teacher, the designer, or the school…. Continue Reading →
Throughout teaching you encounter many versions of things. There are parent/student perceptions, there are versions of assignments for different IEPs, and there is what the lunch room calls meatloaf. But to focus on moving your content from one version to the next… Continue Reading →
I have fond memories of listening to the snowplow rumble by my house around 6:00 AM and fancying I could tell by the sounds it made if school would be cancelled. The seconds it took me to jump from my… Continue Reading →
If you have ever hosted a professional learning event or training for teachers, you likely called out in the invitation – laptop required – right? And you still have to plan for when someone forgets their required laptop as well. Have… Continue Reading →
These are small steps you can take toward authoring your own blog. As in life, you can skip steps, repeat steps, or stay on steps as long as you like. Your 8 Steps to Blogging #edchat Click To Tweet Value… Continue Reading →
This is a version of a Type I & Type II Technologies presentation from 2011, presented at a local educational technology conference. So much has changed since then, but the purposes of technology in the classroom are increasingly important and worthy of… Continue Reading →
Educators are the nicest people you will ever meet. That makes it extra tough, but at some point “trying #edtech” is not enough. By only trying educational technology educators are not investing enough in the power of the technology and are only… Continue Reading →
Walking in to Steven Anderson’s session on Curating Content the Right Way I felt okay about the curation of my professional learning. I knew he had a book out on the subject Curate This: The Hands-On, How-To Guide To Content Curation and I was expecting… Continue Reading →
I loved writing out a good lesson plan. And I was always disappointed when an administrator didn’t look in my plan book on my desk for the lesson plan. There was some art (and a few arrows) there – and… Continue Reading →
…before their teacher, school, or district did…. Before the district considered BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) students were bringing devices to school. Before the school thought to promote collaboration, students were digitally storing, sharing, and providing feedback on each other’s work. Before the teacher allowed… Continue Reading →
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