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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 →

Teach like it is the end of the year – all year long

5/11 #BFC530 led me to a question – why don’t we teach like it is the end of the year all year-long? We are trying to keep the attention of students, want to try out potentially more engaging practices, and… Continue Reading →

#EdTech Focus on Teachers

There is a reason that when an administrator really wants to know how something works in a classroom they focus on teachers. Look at the spectrum of the educational professionals in differing roles at this time; classroom teachers are really… Continue Reading →

PAPERLESS Classroom Hacks: Teacher Efficiency

How’s that Paperless Classroom Coming Along? I kid, I kid.  But seriously, how did I know? Every teacher with – piles of paper, paper cuts to spare, and a need to find that one paper that student swears she turned… Continue Reading →

Spring is Hope #EdBlogaDay

Spring is hope. And I knew to start hoping when I saw the first boy come into class with a see-to-the-skull haircut. I loved watching my students whittle down the “number of Mondays” or “number of spelling tests” to something… Continue Reading →

Why is Blogging Important to Teaching and Learning? #EdBlogaDay

Blogging? How does it Relate to Teaching and Learning? Discussions @gcouros posted earlier this week The Power of a Good Lecture where he challenged the notion that ‘the person talking is doing all the learning.’ I happen to agree with him, allow me… Continue Reading →

Evaluate #AprilBlogaDay

It was 2 1/2 weeks since my previous post when I accepted the #AprilBlogaDay challenge. I needed a jump-start. What did I get? Reviewing my 30 tweets in 30 days, here is what I concentrated on… Authentic Topics I started… Continue Reading →

Forget Online, Think Blended. #AprilBlogaDay

There is enough room in public K12 education for just about every type of teacher. In fact, one of K12’s strengths is that we offer the public a variety of teachers, learning environments, and differing ways to experience knowledge. So… Continue Reading →

5 Wrong Beliefs Holding Teachers Back #AprilBlogaDay

I am just a teacher. You are not “just” a teacher. You – are – a – teacher! And teachers close the door and have the undivided attention of the young for impressive stretches of time. You set the weather for… Continue Reading →

Twitter in Education #AprilBlogaDay

April 2015 I hit 10,000 tweets…I didn’t know I had that much to say. However, I have to say that I am very happy with my current relationship to Twitter. Twitter in education is not the same as in our… Continue Reading →

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