One interesting occurrence that happened when I started having a class website was that students would actually read the interesting articles I would post on my site or tweet out. I did not assign them or even talk them up, I just told my students about the fact that I would be posting them from…
One skill that a digital learner needs is the ability to curate resources. There internet is full of so many different tools and resources that if you are not good at discerning the good ones above the bad and then being able to keep track of them, it can feel like taking a drink from…
Many schools seem to have an issue with social media use by students. They fear what students are putting out there and are afraid of what might happen if they are allowed to use social media during the day. Their answer – block it using the school internet filters. This does nothing really since most…
As today is the first day of June and many people have already started their summer, I still have a week and half left, I was trying to come up with an idea to help keep me focused on growing every day this summer. I decided to focus on writing a blog post every day…
I was out on a run this morning when I realized how much I wish our schools were more like my experience training for a 5K versus what some of them are like now. As I am a firm believer in trying to maintain a growth mindset, I believe that activities that force us to…
I am officially 4 weeks away from getting on a plane and heading down to Atlanta for ISTE 2014. Lets just say that I am a little excited. One, I love to learn and connect with others and conferences allow this to happen so easily. Two, I have never been to a national conference before…
We are nearly done with the current school year and for the first time I do not have a countdown to summer. Being a tech integrationist this year is definitely different than being a classroom teacher for the most part, yet there are still many things that were the same. I am still trying to…
When I started using Twitter in the classroom, it was to more easily connect with my students and share out information. I used it to send reminders about upcoming class work or to share out links to resources they might find useful or interesting. Students would tell me that they would actually click the links…
While many people easily embrace technology use in the classroom, there are many who wonder why anyone would. They are not sure why they should learn how to do something new or change what they have already been doing. For me it was simple, technology was an easy way to transform the learning that was…
One of the advantages to having books available on electronic devices is the ability to quickly share out key ideas and statements in order to start or continue a discussion. I have seen many groups try to start an online discussion about something they were reading and by using the digital form of that book…
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