March Madness Brackets are all the rage every spring, so much so, education has adapted & differentiated it for various means. Ever see a bracket for favorite children’s literature? How about educational technology? Maybe you’ve seen Kyle Niemis’s annual Ed-Tech…
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Ever Hear of the ‘Adjacent Possible’ Theory…
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…
I Wrote a Guest Post on The TeacherCast Blog…
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…
I Was a Guest on a Podcast…
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…
What Can Be Gained By Asking a Question…
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 —…
“Sheets is the answer!” And I Have a Template for You…
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…
A Seventh Grade Team’s ‘Research Day’…
Last year four team teachers, well let me first give you some back information. My school does teaming which means one teacher of each: math, social studies, science, and IRLA (integrated reading language arts) are a team and the students…
From PD Share to In Class Modeling… (part 1: ActivePrompt)
Collaboration is fun! Last week I wrote about my October professional development share on ‘Making Content Interactive’ (you can give it a read here). One of the items shared is called ActivePrompt. I discovered this tech gem during a district…
Time to Make Amends…
At some point in time, everyone needs to take back something they have said. Today is one of those times for me on this blog. I wrote a post in May of last year offering a recommendation for an extension…
4 Favorite Audio Recorders for Chromebooks
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…