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Twitter Basics for Teachers

What does a Teacher Need to Know about Twitter? Twitter is by educators and offers a peer-to-peer, grassroots professional learning opportunity never before experienced by educators. Twitter is called micro-blogging because it limits messages to 140 characters at a time. Twitter can be… Continue Reading →

Teachers: How to #EdChat

Why Are Teachers Using Twitter? It is safe to say no other social media has been co-opted into education like Twitter.  A recent post by one of the founders of #EdChat, @Tom Whitby, sums the relationship between Twitter and educators nicely:… Continue Reading →

I haven’t been trained on this yet.

I really like to train others in educational technologies It is my job and something I used to do from the classroom out of passion. When I was in the classroom I will confess that I trained people differently. First,… Continue Reading →

Anticipating #ISTE2015

It takes me a while to get ready for an ISTE conference, the International Society for Technology in Education’s annual conference, and #ISTE2015 is like no exception. Last year the Atlanta conference was 50 miles away from our Georgia district and… Continue Reading →

More Digital Subscriptions do not Produce “Better” Learning

Classroom Essentials You used to mean pencils, paper, and textbooks when you used the phrase “classroom essentials.” Now a days that phrase could apply to an array of digital subscriptions, content, or platforms, which could be purchased by you, your… Continue Reading →

#EdTech Tools for Any Teacher

Ishan of EdCoogle asked me a question the other day, on what I would recommend as three edtech tools for science teachers just starting in the classroom. Just Three #EdTech Tools If you limit me to just three tools they will be… Continue Reading →

The 10 Commandments of Technology Coaching

We have all been new at something, done something for the first time, and we know some fast tips can make the experience better for everyone involved. Technology coaching in education has an especially high learning curve because you need to be… Continue Reading →

3 #EdTech Questions You’re Afraid to Ask

Teaching if different from it was when many of us were in school. It would be natural if you had some questions. But where can you get those questions answered? Here are the answers to a few #edtech questions you are… Continue Reading →

Features of Successful Online Learning Environments

Features of Successful Online Learning Environments No matter whether examining your personal learning network, PLN, or a learning management system, LMS, the online learning environment probably has these features if it is successful. Consider the features of any successful online learning environment … Click To… Continue Reading →

Blending your Instruction: Make it or Break it

Blended Learning is one of the more nebulous educational terms lately. It ranks up there with “disruptive” and “innovative” and if completing an EDU BINGO card is not what you are in the field of education for… You require some solid advice… Continue Reading →

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