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Non-Classroom Teachers Work During COVID-19

America knows what teachers are doing during this #RemoteLearning episode, but what about others who work in the school district? I have a small view of what is going on in our medium-sized school district in Georgia. The most important… Continue Reading →

What comes after #RemoteLearning?

The K-12 educational world is having a moment. And the only thing we know about moments is that they do not last. Mid-March K-12 districts across the country started to shut down physical locations and offer remote learning instead.  Teachers… Continue Reading →

Teacher Technology Competencies

What are your technology competencies as a teacher? What should the technology competencies be of a teacher entering the profession? And how do we catch some teachers up with other teachers? [Tweet “What are your Technology Competencies as an educator?… Continue Reading →

That #EdTech Boulder you’ve been Pushing…

We know each other.  We have been promoting the power of #edtech together for a while now. We may have met through Twitter, various #EdTech conferences, #EdCamps, or found each other in the hallways of our school – but we… Continue Reading →

Week One Online Report Card

It is report card time and the school is sending my son’s report card through the mail, the U.S. Postal Service.  That is where K-12 education has ended this week, reduced to sheltering in place in our homes and the… Continue Reading →

Day # School From Home #COVID19

With ever-increasing days under our belt as remote teachers, thousands of educators are likely taking stock this morning.  If this is the new normal, how normal was yesterday? [Tweet “School From Home: If this is the new normal, how normal… Continue Reading →

School-From-Home with Your Children

Extraordinary circumstances are culminating in an extended period of time for students to be out of school.  Parents are now forced into a role they may not have the expertise to feel confident in and students are confused by the… Continue Reading →

The 12 Days of C̶h̶r̶i̶s̶t̶m̶a̶s̶ HotLunchTray

Traditionally the 12 Days of Christmas starts on Christmas and extends roughly through teacher break; however it was celebrated in times of old is fine, but that’s how I observe it now.  My stance is that fewer Geese a Laying… Continue Reading →

Interaction in Virtual Communities

Virtual Communities Virtual Communities include online courses and social media platforms.  Online classes offer a variety of interactions. Some are expected and unexpected; there are also some interactions that do more to build social presence than others.  Online classes have… Continue Reading →

Learning in a Course Versus Social Media

Differentiating Course and Community Both coursework and interactions in online learning communities, such as social media, are concerned with literacies.  Song “pluralizes the word” literacy to denote the multiple literacies today’s students have to possess to interact and learn successfully… Continue Reading →

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