These posts concern professional development opportunities either I have participated in or ran/organized/presented.
So a little bit of info upfront… I’m usually not a fan of what I consider the ‘click bait’ of numbered post titles. I typically try to avoid them, but today I caved. I know that “studies show…” whenever there…
If you have read previous posts on here, I tend to get asked questions like, “Would it be possible to…” Well two of my colleagues, Kim Lowden & Jess Verrault, are putting together a pretty cool way to celebrate the holidays…
Google recently announced the ability to make a copy of a Google Doc w/ all the comments &/or suggestions from the original document replicated. (You can read about it here) By the time of this posting, after November 29th 2017, all…
I recently read a blog post by Eric Curts at Control Alt Achieve about how to have mathematical notation in a Google Form. The resource he shared is a free web tool, Online LaTeX Equation Editor, which is similar to EquatIO. This tool provides several…
This past October was a PD day for my school district. Our afternoon sessions at the middle schools and high schools were designed around an unconference model. I was asked to create the digital board for the middle school and…
Ever have a meeting where you feel the group vibe is a… can’t say World Series win, maybe a Pennant Series win? People are leaving inspired with new ideas and come up to verbally share them with you; that’s what…
This post is part of the #EdublogsClub – a group of educators and educational technology enthusiasts that blog around a common theme each week. Simply write a post and share it (via social media w/ #edublogsclub or posting a link…
A small backstory… there was once a tool for leaving voice comments in Google Docs which I loved. But, tragically, they decided to pull their integration to be a separate service where you would need to go into their dashboard,…
In less than two months, I’ll be participating in the 4th Annual ThingLink Summer Teacher Challenge. Over the past four summers, I’ve learned various ways to incorporate ThingLink into my instructional approaches, been amazed at what fellow educators around the…
The World Literacy Foundation is inviting classrooms, peers, and groups to join the 2017 Youth Ambassador Program in a global movement to eradicate illiteracy. This provides a perfect opportunity for students and advocates to lead their wider community to make…