Today, I am happy to bring you Cathy Brophy: a great friend, former colleague and important member of my PLN. Her approach to being Tech Integrator is that of service to the teachers and in turn to the students. She wants teachers to find a comfort with technology so that they use it as an [...]
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What a hot topic this is! Do you friend students on Facebook? Do you follow them on Twitter? Do you use social media to communicate with students and families? Do you even want to go there? Some teachers do not and others say that friending students online is a natural extension of their job as [...]
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Here is a great post by Melissa Edwards. I find this dillema to be so true: teachers are asked to use a tech tool and to make it fit with what they’re teaching. Or a teacher may find a cool tool and in wanting so much to try it, they find a way to just [...]
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Part of teaching is sharing your knowledge and experiences. We can’t forget that. You may have heard people say, “Teachers should not teach in isolation.” (This couldn’t be farther from the truth for me as I teach in a modified open concept school. I am the opposite of isolation!) Opening your doors to your colleagues [...]
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It is exciting to be bringing you many fantastic guest bloggers for this series. Today’s guest post is from Kelly Tenkely, the host of http://ilearntechnology.com. She brings a wealth of knowledge and experience. Here she will introduce 34 – yes, 34 – great tools that are available FREE on the internet. And they can all [...]
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This month, our focus at The Inspired Classroom will be on technology in the classroom. Technology is a vital part of our world. We use it in our homes, in the work place and in our schools. But in order for us to use technology properly, we need to understand it and the opportunities it [...]
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For the past couple of months, I have had the great opportunity to collaborate with some amazing people in my PLN (personal learning network). People a few blocks away to ones 3000 miles away – it doesn’t matter. When someone is in your PLN, you become connected by an interest, no, a passion and great [...]
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In February, upon returning from Educon I blogged about the importance of building relationships in education-and in life. This is true in the classroom, in your school, your district, your community, your family-wherever you are in life. Maybe that is why social networking apps such as Facebook, Twitter, Ning, and a host of others have reached a critical [...]
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During an #rscon10 session last week led by @AngelaMaiers, Angela challenged us to “stand up in front of kids not as a master teacher, but as a master learner.” What a powerful statement. I immediately tweeted that out as did others. This statement alone is very powerful and it’s an important one for us [...]
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