Tech for Teaching

We officially have two 4 day weeks in. It was such a blast for me. After I got through all the get to know you and rout…

I must keep reminding you that I am extremely new to the teaching world, therefore my view is very limited, take what I…

It is right about this time every year that I get a weird feeling. With the school year just about to start, I suddenly…

One of my goals in teaching has always been to give every child a sense that they are making a difference. This will be…

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…

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

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…

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

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

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 …