I can’t believe I’m doing one of these numbered-tips styled postings, but these ideas have been on my mind lately. So here are my four tips to becoming a more digitally engaged educator. First, use your mobile device in the…
Category: Education
Posts in this category deal with general education musings of mine.
Why It’s Time To Take Ownership Of Your PLN
I know the old saying can be true, teachers make the worst students. But we need to take ownership of our learning, and sometimes that means we need to be the presenters in our own learning environment. I have gone…
How Nearpod Brought Active Learning To My Classroom
Engaging instruction is the goal of every educator. So when I was introduced to an app that promised such a lofty ideal, I had to try it. At the time, I was teaching sixth grade math and social studies in…
Its been a while…
Lots of changes… Left the School District of Springfield Township; joined the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School district in New Jersey. Between moving, getting engaged, planning for a wedding, etc. I completely forgot about keeping up with my blog. That doesn’t…
Not Tech Related… But Ed Related…
Yesterday while sitting down with colleagues over lunch, during a summer in-service academy, one teacher made a revelation that had me thinking. We are so focused on incorporating cross-curricular material in our lessons; do we think about how each subject…
QR Codes pt. 2
Now the much awaited follow-up to QR Codes pt. 1… I wanted to expanded on the usage of QR Codes in my school. I partnered up with our Librarian who travels between two buildings. At Erdenheim, third graders come to…
QR Codes pt. 1
After going to an EdCamp (which I will do a post later on), in Harrisburg, I saw a session on QR Codes. At the time, I thought this couldn’t be done in a K-1 school. Then at Pete & C…
How To Have Our Teaching Lessons Go ‘Viral’ For Students
While on a flight I entertained my time by watching some TED talks. Teachers always seem to fill down time. There was one in particular by Kevin Allocca, ‘Why Videos Go Viral’: His thesis finds three reasons why some videos…
Getting Started…
So I thought I would try my hand at blogging… sharing ideas, thoughts, and maybe a little whimsy. We’ll see how it goes.