Author: Mr. G.

Mr. G. started out as a fourth grade teacher. His love for integrating technology led him to a Master’s in Instructional Technology. He became the Technology Specialist in a K-4 building prior to its reconfiguration into a K-1 building. The following year he was the Instructional Technology Coach, assisting K-1 teachers on how to best use technology for student success. He also started as an adjunct professor for Instructional Technology at Arcadia University. In May 2012, he was accepted into the SMART Exemplary Educators program. Currently he is a teacher resource specialist for technology focusing on iPad & SMART Board integration in NJ. In addition to being a SMART Exemplary Educator he is a Nearpod Author, appoLearning Expert, ThingLink Expert Educator & Symbaloo PD Pro.

A Proposed Challenge for Pley

by Mr. G. • January 28, 2016 • 0 Comments

Pley is a company I heard about through Twitter, last year. They were new and were generating attention by giving educators a free year’s membership. According to their site & blog… “Pley is the leading toy rental company, helping smart…

Who Owns the Learning by Alan November (a book club selection)

by Mr. G. • January 25, 2016 • 0 Comments

The teacher resource specialists for technology (which I’m a part of) were asked if we would like to participate in 2nd year teachers’ Book Clubs. We all selected to be a part of Who Owns the Learning by Alan November. I’m…

Another Star Wars Inspired Post

by Mr. G. • January 18, 2016 • 0 Comments

I recently read a post by Richard Wells (@EduWells) titled “14 Star Wars Posters for Educators” which combined two loves: Star Wars & LEGOs. He created scenes with minifigure (LEGO) Star Wars characters. The difference in mine, I had those LEGOs (I know, my…

Frustration Felt by Some

by Mr. G. • January 16, 2016 • 0 Comments

The last time I went on a small rant was back in April of 2015, at this time I need to vent again. 21st-century skills (in my district they’re called competencies) are those abilities which students should be learning to…

Switch by Dan & Chip Heath (a book club selection)

by Mr. G. • December 29, 2015 • 0 Comments

My team and I just finished reading Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard by Dan & Chip Heath. Awesome book and whoever suggested it for our book club should get a bonus (wink, wink). If you haven’t read the…

“Pass On What You Have Learned” – Yoda

by Mr. G. • December 22, 2015 • 0 Comments

UPDATE: I recently listened to a podcast, by Chuck Poole, titled ‘3 Lessons We Can Learn From Yoda’ I felt his message fit with the topic of this post so after reaching out to him, @Gallagher_Tech hey Dan sure go…

#RaesBlogChallenge — Memes

by Mr. G. • December 21, 2015 • 2 Comments

I was going through my ‘Saved for Later’ on Feedly when I came across Rae Fearing‘s recent blog post about Creating Science Memes… I would recommend checking it out, then do like I did and accept the challenge. I thought for…

2015 Take Apart Day

by Mr. G. • December 16, 2015 • 0 Comments

***I posted about this topic on my district’s blog: WW-P 1to1 Learning*** I had the pleasure of getting a Post-it Note from Dr. Rebecca McLelland-Crawley, one Friday morning. “11am, STEAM room, Take Apart Day, be there!” Now that sounds enticing!…

2015 Edublog Awards

by Mr. G. • November 25, 2015 • 0 Comments

In time for award season (AMA’s were this past weekend), the Edublog Awards will be starting up. “The Edublog Awards started in 2004 in response to community concerns relating to how schools, districts and educational institutions were blocking access of learner and teacher blog…

Choose Your Own Adventure

by Mr. G. • November 24, 2015 • 0 Comments

Professional development is a hard task to fulfill. Teachers have varying skills and needs. Sometimes topics can be too large to cover in a short period of time or they can be too specific and not really apply to the…

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