Tech for Teaching

I absolutely love the quote by Ghandi, "Be the change you want to see in the world." I have seen it used in a…

If I haven't told you yet, I think Will Richardson is the man. I just took a class that used his book, Blogs, Wiki…

I have stumbled across a lot of great sites in the past couple of years. Some of them are really good, but the kids are…

There has been a lot of response to Build A PLN: A Newbie's Guide . Thanks everyone for your kind comments, your pl…

Let me start by saying that I am not an expert in any way. The guide I am going to lay out is a simple way to start bui…

Enough small talk, here are the tools: 1. Crowdeye (a twitter search engine) It is still in BETA. 2. TweepML (a quick…

I may have mentioned before that I teach in a very rural area. By rural, I mean that students have driven tractors to t…

Last night my wife was watching one of my favorite movies, Pay it Forward . One of the most important dialogues takes p…

I found this article and video quite interesting. In my classroom it works out that those who read, stand out also as …

"Why aren't you paying attention? This stuff is important, and you are going to need to know it!" This is…

I was caught over guard this year by an amazing book. "32 Third Graders and One Class Bunny" by Phillip Done…

I am a greenhorn. I have only written about 80 weeks of lesson plans. I have only written up two kids so far. I am stil…

If you're like me, you love music. I jam on the way to school and I play music in the background when the kids are …

I love and agree with what Will Richardson has to say in this video. I fully believe that this new paradigm shift in co…

Glogster (edu version) I am extremely excited about the possibility of using this tool in my second grade class this ye…

Can you really believe this stuff? Super Brain Yoga This lady at the Autism camp I work at swears that it is helpful fo…

I have only two years under my belt in this teaching world, so my opinion is warped and narrow (remember that!), but wh…