These posts concern professional development opportunities either I have participated in or ran/organized/presented.
If you are on Facebook, maybe you have seen this… It’s slowly making the rounds trying to get responses. Well, there are multiple ways of answering this problem and it could be interesting to see which method people employ. This…
There are events you attend which are filled with excitement; overwhelming with new ideas; and leave you with your head spinning. That’s how the International Society of Technology Educators’s conference was for me this past summer. Now I had the…
A few years ago, as a classroom teacher, I started a blog called TODAY IN SCHOOL… with the intention of using the site to chronicle daily adventures with my students, ultimately painting a picture with each entry of what it…
I believe I was in a Twitter chat a couple of months ago where we discussed the use of iPads and apps in education. Of course the conversation headed towards app smashing; the workflow of merging different apps to use…
This past weekend was the 6th annual EdCamp Philly! I attended, making this my fifth in Philadelphia. I had a blast! I was able to meet, in person, some educators who I follow and/or follow me on Twitter. Quick shout-out…
Its taken me awhile to start listening to podcasts. Mainly out of ignorance and using the excuse, lack of time. But a colleague started to listen to them and recommended a couple to listen/subscribe to. Podcasts are like a radio…
– Backstory – I recently read a post by Erin Flanagan where she offered a variety of strategies on how to utilize your iPad images. I was inspired to beg, borrow, steal, tweak, etc. After reaching out on Twitter and asking if…
Twitter chats can be a great way to gain many tried & true ideas in a short amount of time. Hashtags make it quite easy to follow a conversation online. In the past, I have participated in some established chats:…
I completely forgot that I had this draft post sitting in my dashboard from the summer, whoops! While, at the SMART Global Summit in Calgary, a challenge was offered to all the educators; create five Video Bites, short tutorials, with…
Back in February, I was asked to join my colleague Stacey Lindes, at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ), as a guest speaker for an undergraduate Elementary Mathematics Education class. The topic was ‘How to Integrate the SMART Board’ and instead…