It happens throughout your teaching career, you change something and have to start over again. It is eye-roll-worthy and exhausting, but it happens. New teachers, teachers who move, who change grade levels, or content assignments all go through this. You… Continue Reading →
When you look around and see some classrooms not integrating technology, remember it isn’t tech that is the barrier. Devices Many classrooms, schools, and districts are not yet 1:1 and still need to purchase large numbers of devices to get… Continue Reading →
When you return to your classroom after an extended break it just feels different. You have a long-term perspective that you cannot replicate without a lengthy break. Classroom teachers are impacted by their closeness to the classroom. Details in everyday… Continue Reading →
As you return your 2017 Hot Lunch Tray let me remove my hair net and tell you about the year around this blog. [Tweet “Return your 2017 Hot Lunch Tray Here: Year in Review #edchat”] What Worked The blog post that really caught… Continue Reading →
How many weekend television programs have you “watched” while filling the coffee table, the couch, and -surprise- some of the floor with the papers you are attempting to grade? Maybe it is time to consider some grading alternatives? Some things… Continue Reading →
Technology can help new teachers be more successful in their first years of teaching. Careers are often established or abandoned in those first several years, so it is important to remove hurdles as many as possible. Particularly blended learning, amplifies teaching effectiveness… Continue Reading →
I find myself in a cycle. I want to on-board everyone to everything and then inexplicably when that does not happen I feel disappointed. Beyond comprehension, I find myself repeating this cycle numerous times before I intervene on behalf of… Continue Reading →
A firewall keeps things out. In the classroom teachers have always kept somethings out, a position unique to the teacher alone. Students and families to some extend can only respond to the firewall of the classroom. So as an educator,… Continue Reading →
While educators were debating if we should provide students with email a funny thing happened… …students invested their time in creating, populating, and curating their own channels of social media. Bring Your Own The BYO (Bring Your Own) movements used to… Continue Reading →
When your most proper teacher friends in The South talk about “The S Word,” you pay attention. Their hushed tones and serious looks barely cover a teacher’s excitement. Because for the longest time around here, a snow day meant a… Continue Reading →
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