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For years, I’ve proudly explained my content specialities in grades 4-8 as having a strong focus on “content literacy.” Imagine my surprise during the first video in MOOC, when they explained that content literacy is an intermediary step with Disciplinary Literacy being the… Continue Reading →
A teacher friend is worth his/her weight in gold for a reason; they hold treasure! Over the years teachers build up experience and the knowledge of where to access the best resources. If you pick the right teacher friends you gain… Continue Reading →
An awesome #ETCoaches Twitter chat last week inspired the group to start-up an Ed Tech Coaches Blog Challenge. I offered to get the ball rolling on some challenge items – I sure hope everyone into the idea chips in and makes… Continue Reading →
As a classroom teacher you just know some things. You know some parents cannot make Open House, Curriculum Night, Parent/Teacher Conferences, and/or Parent Teacher Association meetings. You know that your more fragile learners have parents who might be considered “Missing In… Continue Reading →
The term ‘Personalization’ has made the rounds in the educational technology portions of education for sometime now. Usually the education community incorporates terms like this or abandons them, but ‘Personalization’ seems to have been artificially kept alive by #EdTech companies. Teachers… Continue Reading →
Most of the parents I know do this “Web Quest” in the Spring. We look at the web pages of the teachers in the next grade level for the Fall. We look through your web page with an eye toward what our… Continue Reading →
It is time. Time to update your online content. When you are ready to freshen your online content there are some essential questions to ask. [Tweet “When you are ready to freshen your online content here are some essential questions… Continue Reading →
While you convert your class into a blended learning experience is the perfect time to spring clean. Clean up your content Broken links are a show stopper for any online portion of a course. Consider investigating if your Learning Management System… Continue Reading →
What are you saying with your social media pictures? Let’s explore PicMonkey and consider what your Instagram, Twitter, and blog posts can convey. Created for TOMECON16, a regional literacy conference for Georgia students. Learn more about TOME.
Attending a 2nd grade classroom play I had to snap some pictures of my son’s classmates. They were doing something I had not yet seen. These students were recording the various plays presented and immediately replaying and watching them; in… Continue Reading →
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