There are many different curation tools out there being used by educators but one that many teachers are using, and do not realize they can use it for education, is Pinterest. Pinterest works by “pinning” various things you find online into different groups onto a wall that you can share out with others. It is…
IFTTT (which stands for If This Then That) is a great tool to automate many of the things that you may already do online. The web service uses “recipes” to create “triggers” that will act when certain events happen. For instance, my favorite so far, you can create a spreadsheet that will contain every tweet…
Through the use of technology, we can now differentiate the learning for our students more so than ever before. We have the tools to design a learning environment that is filled with the resources and tasks needed for each level of learner. We know one size fits all education does not work, but many people…
Next week my school will be having a full day of professional development centered on technology integration. We will have 4 periods of sessions before lunch and 1 after before people are given a couple hours to collaborate and use what they have learned. Our main goal is that teachers walk away from this PD…
For Christmas my wife got me some stuff for my office at school, a bobble-head Sheldon from “The Big Bang Theory” and a Lego TARDIS. First let me state clearly, I know that I am a nerd and I am proud of it. I have a degree in Physics and my top hobby can be…
Next Friday ends the first semester for me at Ames High as the Tech Integrationist. It definitely has been an interesting semester and there are a lot of differences between being a classroom teacher and more of a technology coach. First let me state that I am accustomed to change and my teaching career has…
Time for a fun blog post, not really geared towards education but one that is coming about thanks to connections made with other educators through social media. Mande was kind enough to tag me to forward this along as a blog assignment. Seeing as I am trying to focus on blog posts this year, I…
First, let me say that I was pleasantly surprised at the number of views that my previous post received. Most of my other posts have under 100 views but this last one had over 1500 views. Hopefully my ideas and thoughts are helpful to others, that is why I am trying to blog in the…
Basics of a LMS One of the biggest questions a teacher may ask themselves as they develop their blended learning environment is to whether or not use a LMS. A LMS is a lesson management system, also known as a CMS or a variety of similar names, that is used to help organize and…
Often times in class there will be a point where the class is having a discussion and there needs to be a record of the ideas and thoughts/conclusions being created. Typically the teacher will write these on the board and then students will copy them down. There is a big disruption in the thinking process…
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