Tech for Teaching

I believe I have stated before that my teaching situation is unique. I teach at a very rural school, with limited techn…

How much do you know about NETS-S? I am not talking about the ever stumbling basketball team from New Jersey. NETS-S st…

The idea of clues to lead kids on a scavenger hunt started with Ron Clark. If they started with someone before him, sor…

I have looked a lot of web tools, but this one really caught my eye. Simple to use and not too much fluff to get distra…

My life as a teacher has taken a major turn. Usually when people talk about things taking a turn, it is in the negative…

Teachers can get by with teaching, punching the clock, and going home. The truth is none of us start out with this goal…

I love the latest 30 Goals Challenge: Change Your Environment , mostly because I have an obsession with changing things…

The Five For One Project was birthed by a simple concept, at-risk youth need caring teachers. The past three years teac…

The past two years I have been trying to be very intentional and strategic about how I group my students. First of all,…

I am starting a new hashtag chat in Twitter. I am looking for Pennsylvania teachers to join up. 1. You need a twitter …

If you are like me, you have big dreams of building an awesome connection with another classroom (maybe in your state o…

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

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