Change Depends on More than Shiny iGadgets [SLIDE]
One of the funniest interactions that happened at Educon last weekend took place in the planning document for Patrick Larkin's session on school vision just after Patrick asked: "What does your school...
View ArticleTwitter is MORE than Honey Boo Boo Child
Sometimes it's just plain amazing to see what you can find floating through Twitter. KNOW WHERE TO LOOK AND YOU CAN FIND HONEY BOO BOO:read more
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Are YOU Teaching Kids about Attentional Blink? [SLIDE]--
I don't have a ton of time to write tonight -- I'm busy preparing for a webinar on Literacy and Blogging for the Alaska Staff Development Network -- but I wanted to share a concept that I picked up...
View ArticleGuest Post: @braddo on Digital Footprints and the Brand of Me
A little over a month ago, I wrote a bit on the role that teachers STILL need to play in helping students to take full advantage of the new opportunities that digital tools make possible for today's...
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Technology Gives Kids Power [SLIDE]
I've spent the past several weeks grinding my way through several revisions for presentations that I'm giving in the not too distant future and it's left me more than a little emotionally spent. In an...
View ArticleThree Classroom Blogging Tips for Teachers
As some of you may know, I started a new classroom blog with my students that is designed to raise awareness in tweens and teens about the amount of sugar found in the foods that they are eating.It's...
View ArticleTechnology Will Kill
One of the lessons that teachers working in digital spaces HAVE to learn is that a complete reliance on any ONE digital tool and/or service is a recipe for disaster.This video by Erik Qualman explains...
View ArticleQuick Guide to Web 2.0 Services [HANDOUT]
As a guy who has written two books about using technology in schools (see here and here) and who regularly delivers two-day workshops on teaching with technology (see here), one of the questions that...
View ArticleAnti-Bullying PSA Project [LESSON]
Over the past few years, I've become convinced that today's kids are best motivated as learners when they are tackling a real-world issue in a meaningful way. That's why my #sugarkills blog and my...
View ArticleTechnology Professional Development Scenarios
Let's start with a simple truth: Schools have limited budgets and every time that we make careless spending choices, we tie our own hands behind our backs.As a result, I've worked HARD over the past...
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