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There has always been a Tech Coach at every school in America. That person may not have a fancy title, an extra planning period, and most likely not even extra pay. However, there has been a Tech Coach in every single… Continue Reading →
You may have signed up for a Massive Open Online Course, or a MOOC, already. And if you signed up, you may have dropped out; most people drop out of MOOCs. Some say completion rates (from sign-up to completion) are around 15%, but… Continue Reading →
Conventional wisdom dictates that some things cannot be rushed. In education, that often meant you needed to put in your years before you were wise. I would suggest that even though school years plod on at a consistent pace, your… Continue Reading →
Do you want to jumpstart Twitter usage in your school or district? Have you considered holding a Twitter Challenge? Run your challenge any number of days, but a well-publicized Twitter Challenge should encourage educators who have been on the fence about Twitter to… Continue Reading →
When your chances of snow look like this, but you get an email from school at 5:30AM that yes-you-still-have-school-today it might mean you believe you are snow-worthy. To different people this might mean different things. The students are easy to understand;… Continue Reading →
Not unlike that crazy movie with Ed Norton and Brad Pitt, there seem to be certain #EdTech rules. Wait. #EdTech is like Fight Club? Kinda. Click To Tweet Which Rules Stand & which Rules to Challenge? Wait, You Don’t Talk about #EdTech?… Continue Reading →
Last year at this time I made a list of my Top Ten Professional Learning posts, so far. I think it is time to update for the current year as we all start back to school. Let me know if… Continue Reading →
Your PLN is your Professional Learning Network, your PLN is also your Personal Learning Network. The two terms are often used interchangeably. After a professional conversation recently I am now considering never doing that again. The discussion centered around the future of professional… Continue Reading →
Recently I read Teach Like a Pirate: Increase Student Engagement, Boost Your Creativity, and Transform Your Life as an Educator (affiliate link) by Dave Burgess. The parts of TLAP which stuck for me, which have me thinking about the future… Continue Reading →
If you are lucky enough to attend educational conferences you know they are as much an experience as anything else. The comradery, the openness with which teachers learn from each other is inspiring! So how do you approach such an… Continue Reading →
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