Over the last few, well, years, I have been really contemplating homework: Why do we give it? What good is it doing? What level of quality are we getting back? Who is taking it seriously? In short, I have come to this sad realization that homework seems to be a more of a hassle than [...]
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What a way to start off the summer – a tech in ed convention. This was, by far, the biggest thing I have been part of! There were 11,000 people at the ISTE convention housed at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The buildings covered 4 blocks in the downtown, there were 1000s of sessions and booths [...]
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I love Animoto! It is so easy to use and fun too! I’ve been trying to make more videos for my class and for my You Tube channel and have been stuck on Windows Media Player. But since I have really started using Animoto, it will be my go to movie creating platform for almost [...]
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He’s been asking for over a year, and finally I was able to say, “YES!” Well, actually, I told Jerry Blumengarten, AKA “Cybraryman” yes when he first asked if my class would like to Skype with him, but the process to make that happen was a little long and slightly complicated. My district, at first [...]
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Melissa Edwards is one of my “go-to” people when it comes to purposefully using technology in the classroom. A few weeks ago we were chatting about the Multiple Intelligences, and she put a post together that included some great resources and references. So, if you are interested in spending some time clicking through and checking [...]
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Today and Thursday I am happy to be sharing with you a collaborative post created by Yoon Soo Lim @doremigirl, Kyle Pace @kylepace, Michelle Baldwin @michellek107, Andrew Garcia @berkshirecat and myself about our experiences during and after our EduCon conversation about arts integration. (Please check out their blogs as well by clicking on their names.) [...]
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Over the last months, the bloggers at The Inspired Classroom have brought to the fore front some great tech resources. Two are the top two posts of the site! Today I invite you to look through some of these posts and see what resources might help you in your teaching. Enjoy! (All posts that include [...]
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I am so excited to be gearing up to present at #rscon11! It is such a great honor to be asked to present on a topic I love: arts integration! The global conference is being held on January 8, and is organized by Shelly Terrell, Christopher Rogers, Kelly Tenkely, Greta Sandler, Lisa Dabbs, and Melissa Tran. The main audience [...]
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My last two posts have included live playlists powered by Grooveshark. In a sentence – I LOVE Grooveshark. I’ve only been using it only for a short time, but I can see so many possibilities for it in my teaching and sharing with teachers. Let me explain: As the author of a book about bringing [...]
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