This school year (2020-2021, yes during a pandemic), I started in a new district as a Technology Facilitator (TF). We began the year remote and were supporting not only the teachers/staff & students but also parents. One of the ways…
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Have You Ever…
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Have you ever had a post that you’ve been meaning to write and it’s just taken forever to sit down and gather your thoughts? Here’s mine… it is taken me this long because there were a lot of emotions involved…
Education
ISTE 2019…
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So back in December, I tweeted… So this just happened… pic.twitter.com/Z7X5CCddrp — Dan Gallagher (@Gallagher_Tech) December 18, 2018 Now there are just a couple of hours remaining till the start of #ISTE19! I thought I would share a little bit…
Education
Assignment for ISTE Certification… Edji, Must Add to Teacher Toolkit!
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I am currently going through ISTE Certification which broken down is three parts: Two-day, face-to-face workshop where we explored the ISTE Standards for Teachers & Students; SAMR, TPACK, & 3-E Model; the power of a digital PLN; participated in a…
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Taking a ‘Pause’ from the Tech…
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Friday I had the opportunity to bring one of my passions into the school community. My school has a wellness center, called the ‘Panther Pause’, which offers monthly themes, April’s theme is ‘Crafts’ so I volunteered to come in and…
Education
How Can We See Superman Fly… 2019 Edition
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This year I was invited to a different elementary school’s STEAM Day. I unfortunately had a conflict with the date of the elementary school I’ve visited for three previous years (link to last year’s post). This year I made a…
Education, Podcasts, Professional Development, Projects/Activities, Soapbox/Rant, Tech Tools, Twitter
Ever Hear of the ‘Adjacent Possible’ Theory…
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At first, I didn’t either. Jake Miller‘s EduDuctTape Podcast introduced me to the concept, you can listen to a recent episode where he discussed the theory (starting at time marker 00:08:08): (referenced podcast episodes mentioned in Jake’s “soapbox” Google Teacher Tribe…
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I Wrote a Guest Post on The TeacherCast Blog…
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I’ve written about Edji before in a few posts on this blog and for full transparency, I’m an Edji Visionary. I was asked by Edji to write a follow-up post for the TeacherCast blog after a recent episode of the TeacherCast Podcast…
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I Was a Guest on a Podcast…
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I was invited by Eric Guise co-host (with Nick Johnson) of the GotTechED Podcast to be a guest on episode 28 released on March 11th, 2019. Give it a listen: Checkout the show-notes by visiting the page for this episode on the GotTechED…
Education, Google, Projects/Activities, Tech Tools
Ever Heard of an Unhangout…
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If you are familiar with Skype, Facetime, and/or Google Hangouts then you also need to become familiar with MIT Media Lab’s Unhangout. You can read more about it on their site. This is one of those gems you hear about…
Education, Google, Professional Development, Tech Tools
2019 Professional Development Day!
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If you have been following along with this blog, you know my role in my school district as a Teacher Resource Specialist for Technology sees me delivering PD in various ways (department(s), school(s), district, etc.). February 15, 2019… This year’s…
Education, Professional Development, Projects/Activities, Tech Tools
Math Needs to be a Talkative Experience, Technology Helps Facilitate…
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Math is not how I remember it from my childhood; the ‘drill and kill’ memorization of facts. In my middle school, we are starting to implement the Math Workshop Model a method of teaching math with components consisting of (but…
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What Can Be Gained By Asking a Question…
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Let me tell you about Kelly’s class one day One of my 6th Grade Science Teachers, Kelly Lee, was facilitating a lesson on physical and chemical changes. The question arose — is boiling an egg a physical or chemical change —…
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Flipping the Learning by Starting with a Question… and a Bonus!
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My instructional practice question for you is this, why spend class time teaching the features of a product rather than your content or providing time for researching? The scenario One of my teachers would like to have her students create…
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“Sheets is the answer!” And I Have a Template for You…
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As Alice Keeler says, “Google Sheets is always the answer!” So when one of my teachers came to me looking for an answer, I went with a Sheet. The scenario The teacher would like to have her students self reflect on…
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Building Relationships and Having Conversations…
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When coaches catch-up… One of my former math teachers, Linda, is now a math coach for our middle schools. Her time is split between my building and our other middle school. I like to check in with her for three…
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Utilizing Technology to Scaffold Global Issues Problem Solving…
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I share a space with my building’s Gifted and Talented Teacher Resource Specialist, Rebecca McLelland-Crawley. This enables us to have some great coaching conversations as well as moments where we can integrate technology into the PRISM (Performance Revealing Individual Student…