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My workgroup encourages teachers in our district to become certified in educational technology tools that our district purchases. We encourage certification in Nearpod, NewsELA, ThingLink, FlipGrid, BrainPop. In fact, we have paid them to be certified in June after school… Continue Reading →
Current teachers have a variety of stances on instructional technology. We may be the last generation of teachers to consider teaching with and without technology as fundamentally different. Students currently view our segmented stance on using and not using technology… Continue Reading →
It is time for my annual list of Twitter accounts you should be following in advance of the largest #edtech conference all year! {See Also: #ISTE18 List, #ISTE17 List, #ISTE15 List, #ISTE14 List} #ISTE19 or #NotatISTE this year ~ you… Continue Reading →
Every once in a while I step back and see the awesome opportunity of attending great conferences like #ISTE19. I know that the first few times I approached conference attendance differently than I do now. It isn’t enough to survive… Continue Reading →
I have been asked to differentiate face-to-face training before and struggled with it. Now, teaching I differentiated all the time for my students… I was embarrassed that I could not differentiate that training, but half of what I was imparting… Continue Reading →
I don’t mean to pull rank on anyone. However, I am semi-professional at how one might mess up in #EdTech. While I could share some tales (read: ALL the tales) about my mistakes I want to instead take a step back. Let’s… Continue Reading →
Educational Technology is a big business. And every vendor wants to sell you. It is your job to keep in mind the guiding principles of your organization (classroom, school, district) – not the job of the #edtech vendor to only… Continue Reading →
Should educators care about the ranking that Alexa, an Amazon company, assigns them? I feel like you already know the answer to this, yes. Yes, you should care. Especially educators who want to promote the materials or services they sell on… Continue Reading →
As I was writing a post for educators selling materials and/or services online I realized the question of if smart speakers like Alexa should even be in schools was a big deal. I broke this information into its own blog… Continue Reading →
Entrepreneurs and educators do not always overlap. The nature of an educational career is predictable, and often a long sail on a ship, which if it turns, turns slowly. Not the environment you think of for an entrepreneur. However, when… Continue Reading →
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