Tonight I will get to walk across a stage in Hilton Coliseum for the second time as I complete my Masters program. I graduated with my Bachelor’s degree back in 2004 from Iowa State University and am getting my Masters of Education in Curriculum and Instructional Technology tonight from the same school. I am a…
Today I got a great email telling me that my Swivl was on its way as part of being accepted into this year’s group of Swivl Video Pioneers. I am a huge believer that we can use video as a powerful tool in education, not just for creating content or providing feedback to students, but…
Something that may be difficult for many people to do well, is to work with others in a truly collaborative way. Too often we end up working in a group that is inefficient and detracts from our intended goal. This is true for teachers and students alike. There are some ways that we can improve…
Last week I made my first trek to the NETA (Nebraska Educational Technology Association) conference. As part of my goal to connect with other educators in the midwest, I had presented at TIES in Minnesota in December and was very happy to be able to present at NETA which was in Omaha. I had connected…
Earlier this year we pushed out the use of #ameshighpride to our teachers, and then our students, to promote all of the great things that are happening at our school. Many other schools have done this, or something similar, so this was not something new but it was definitely something that I wanted to keep…
gMath is an Add-on for Google Forms (and Docs, Sheets) that allows you to easily create, and insert, mathematical equations and graphs. It uses the LaTeX equation editor to allow you to quickly use buttons, or write it all out yourself, to insert the equations or graphs into a Google Form. With the recent update,…
I was challenged by another educator to respond to the challenge by Scott McLeod to post 5 things we must stop pretending to do in education. I think there are many things that, as educators, we need to stop doing or allow to happen in our schools. I will post 5 now but I am…
Friday, April 10th 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teachers Who Use Technology – article talking about some of the qualities effective teachers have who use technology effectively. Evaluating Technology Use in the Classroom – article talking about how we need to look at the use of technology in the classroom with a focus on how…
I started this week off by heading down to Fort Madison, IA to talk with their MS and HS teachers about effective technology use in the classroom and to conduct some Google Apps workshops as part of their professional development day. The main focus of my talk started with a simple slide that asked “What are…
As part of my job I have to have a focus on data collection, whether that data is from students or from teachers. Google Forms is a great tool to collect this data and when Google introduced the ability to have custom themes last Fall, I was very happy to test this out. The nicest…
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