Category: Technology

  • #ETCoaches Blog Challenge Post #2 – Perspective Is My Key!

    The #ETCoaches Blog Challenge is a lot of fun. I truly appreciate the encouragement from the community as we are growing. I am very sorry about being late for the second week in a role! I am going to try to be on time for the third one! I started a new job this fall…

  • Transitional Music in the Classroom

    Talking with a new colleague earlier this week, he asked if there was an easy way to place sounds into a Google Slide. Specifically, he was looking for transitions to move from one topic to the next in the class. While Google Slides does not (yet?) support adding sounds to the slides, you can easily…

  • Starting Something New – Change, Mentoring, and Some Tips for Coaching

    Starting something new is always difficult. Change is hard. Often times, doing both is a requirement. This fall, I am doing something that I never thought I would do. Something that I was sure was not going to happen when I entered my classroom for the first time (a book storage room with desks). And…

  • Election 2016 Posters

    Regardless of the outcome in the fall, the Election of 2016 is a historic one. There has been an incredibly amount significant events in this cycle, and we still do not officially have a nominee for either party. As the school year is winding down, it would be a wonderful summer challenge for students or…

  • Why is Technology in Education So Important? Why do this?

    I wanted to stress the importance of technology in education. I think that as the global economy continues to grow forward, technology is going to continue to be the piece that shrinks the world into a single manageable economy. Our students will need the technology skills to be successful in the economy of the future.…

  • Social Media – Family Fun Night

    Social Media for Parents As part of a continual outreach to parents, we recently hosted a spaghetti dinner for our families. As part of the night, we shared various forms of information social media that students are using. It is important to continue the conversations with parents, as schools will only have the students in…

  • Digital Learning Day: Part 3

    This post was originally commissioned for the Career Academy Blog for the Digital Learning Day. This is part one of three. You can read the original post here. Digital Learning Day: Part 3 Social media does not only impact students and teachers. Social media can have a large impact on the parents of students as…

  • Digital Learning Day: Part Two

    This post was originally commissioned for the Career Academy Blog for the Digital Learning Day. This is part two of three. You can read the original post here. Digital Learning Day: Part 2 Social media’s impact is felt in the classroom in many different ways. The question for teachers, is what is social media and how…

  • Digital Learning Day: Part One

    This post was originally commissioned for the Career Academy Blog for the Digital Learning Day. This is part one of three. You can read the original post here. Digital Learning Day: A Series Social media has so much potential to do great things for our society. Social media is a game changer for education. In…

  • Teaching with Primary Sources Workshop Reflection

    Teaching with Primary Sources from the Library of Congress This past Friday and Saturday, I had the opportunity to travel to Bloomington to attend a workshop about teaching with primary sources. Primary sources are eye-witness accounts, people who actually experienced the history. It was fascinating to look at how these sources, usually all free, can…