October = Conference Season Has Begun

October is always a busy time for teachers due to the first quarter ending and parent/teacher conferences starting up but yet we also have another thing to look forward to, educational conferences.  At least in Iowa, October is when the educational conferences start up.  We have ICTE (english teachers) next week, ITEC (ed tech) the…

What Does Engagement Sound Like?

One of the things I love the most about being in classrooms in my role as tech integrationist is that I still get to see great examples of learning.  Those times when students are so engaged in their learning that they even forget that it is time to leave for lunch.  Those times when you…

Using Flipboard to Share Curated Resources

Over the summer one of my goals was to find a better way to share curated resources with others.  I enjoy finding articles and other resources that I know can be helpful to teachers that I work with and making sure they have an easy way to access them.  I have tried using various tools…

No Office – No Problem

As our new school laptops do not have Microsoft Office installed, many people are going to have to learn how to use tools that are readily available to do what they were doing before.  We have LibreOffice installed on the computers and of course we have access to Google Drive.  Both of these allow us…