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Can you identify the support and resistance of educational technology in your educational community? Are you sometimes in support and other times in resistance of #edtech? That actually sounds right. Educational technology is an amplifier of content and task completion…. Continue Reading →
We are both teachers. Invariably one of us will have more experience. I promise not to lord that over you or be intimidated by yours. [Tweet “A Promise to My Kid’s Teacher #edchat”] In the rush of our lives, we… Continue Reading →
What are your Educational Non-Negotiables? I use the term “non-negotiables” often on this blog: The good news is I am not your Union Representative I am a fellow educator. But I think it would do us both good to identify… Continue Reading →
I reread (2005, 2017) this book with advance knowledge of the cringe worthy, sideways glance at every teacher’s first years. I read it knowing that one of my favorite, but most embarrassing, quote at the end of the book hit… Continue Reading →
Some times of year are thick with educational nostalgia. Graduations and the start of a school year are traditional times to reflect on your years in educational service. Veteran teachers wax philosophic if they would still start a career in… Continue Reading →
Congratulations, you are ready to start blending your class! Now what about your students? Educators who pioneered blended learning can offer the next wave of potential blended learning teachers a hand-up. Teachers who elect to implement a blended approach to… Continue Reading →
Teachers have always created things for their students. Teachers spend so much time in the classroom and know their students so well, that is natural they create content for those classrooms. And then, when they eventually emerge from the classroom… Continue Reading →
Five ways to fail at Blended Learning: [Tweet “Avoid these 5 ways to fail at Blended Learning #edchat”] Try to make everything available online all at once. Impossible and you would be too tired to teach students face-to-face. Instead, carve… Continue Reading →
With the proliferation of #edtech products comes an unexpected squeeze, not on your wallet as much as on your schedule. You may want to consider the full cost of #edtech to your school or district at purchase or renewal. That… Continue Reading →
…is often the gift of time to teachers…makes an attractive email – read now, reread later…allows more family time and reduces stress…does not makes your teachers resent professional meetings…does not require anyone to bring snacks..teachers can grade openly instead of… Continue Reading →
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