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#TLAP Passions Examined
Recently I read Teach Like a Pirate: Increase Student Engagement, Boost Your Creativity, and Transform Your Life as an Educator (affiliate link) by Dave Burgess. The parts of TLAP which stuck for me,...
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PLN vs PLN
Your PLN is your Professional Learning Network, your PLN is also your Personal Learning Network. The two terms are often used interchangeably. After a professional conversation recently I am now...
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Top Ten Professional Learning Posts
Last year at this time I made a list of my Top Ten Professional Learning posts, so far. I think it is time to update for the current year as we all start back to school. Top Ten Professional Learning...
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the Wrong Question
That feeling of utter confusion could be a sign you have asked the wrong question. People generally give the proper, if not expected, answer to a question. So if you have that uh-oh feeling as you...
View ArticleTeachers who know what poverty is about…
People do not know it by looking at you, but there is a question that anyone could ask that would unleash that answer. That answer which tries to encompass all the gratitude, and pride, and...
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I don’t want to be an Innovator
Don’t get me wrong my iPhone is great. Thanks Steve. However, the innovator-worship is out of control. Mother Teresa was an innovator too, but you never saw her in her New Balance and jeans on a stage...
View ArticleViews Expressed are NOT Just My Own
I understand why some of my peers add the statement to their Twitter accounts, “views expressed are my own.” If your Twitter acct states: “views expressed are my own” I want to challenge you in a...
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Real or Not Real, Digital Citizenship?
Kids these days. They really need a lesson in how to behave! Simply look at all the drama, personal details, and regrettable content they post on social media. If Facebook were around when you were in...
View ArticleWhat Challenges Culture, Not Supports Culture?
It is usually the second question they ask me. Where are you from? If I am feeling saucy I say give the name of the small town in Georgia where I currently reside, but that isn’t what they wanted. They...
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When you meet your future and you don’t recognize it
Today is the day Marty from Back to the Future traveled to… You Won’t Believe All The Stuff Back To The Future Got RightBasically, everything ‘Back To The Future II’ predicted came true Posted by...
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Why you haven’t Resigned from Teaching
How many does this make? I may be intentionally not keeping track, but here is the latest viral resignation post by a teacher. When I read these I understand more facets of the argument than I am proud...
View ArticleThe First Rule of #EdTech Cannot be: “We Don’t Talk about #EdTech”
Not unlike that crazy movie with Ed Norton and Brad Pitt, there seem to be certain #EdTech rules. Which Rules Stand & which Rules to Challenge? Wait, You Don’t Talk about #EdTech? Challenge this...
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Book Review: EdTech Leadership
I try to weave professional books into my reading when I can. Being a teacher in a Technology Department puts me in a special category; I have a lot I need to learn about EdTech Leadership! This book...
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Happy Blogging New Year!
2015 was an interesting year for me as a blogger. I started off blogging New Year 2015 strongly, but then waned in the second half of the calendar year. I am excited to increase my participation and be...
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Repeat after Me …
Sometimes it is an idea you know is rudimentary, but you recognize your idea in it when they repeat it back to you. I always worry the easiest parts of an idea take hold and the details are forgotten,...
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Who is your Audience?
I have an idea of who my audience is for this blog. However, I often check-in with myself trying to establish, am I reaching that audience? The manner in which I expect to find an audience has changed...
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Snow-worthy
When your chances of snow look like this, but you get an email from school at 5:30AM that yes-you-still-have-school-today it might mean you believe you are snow-worthy. to different people this might...
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How To: Twitter Challenge in your School/District
Do you want to jumpstart Twitter usage in your school or district? Have you considered holding a Twitter Challenge? Run your challenge any number of days, but a well-publicized Twitter Challenge should...
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My Learning Trendline
Conventional wisdom dictates that some things cannot be rushed. In education, that often meant you needed to put in your years before you were wise. I would suggest that even though school years plod...
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Big Impact, Little Investment
Teachers have many scarce resources. One is tempted to think money is the scarcest, but in reality it is time. What teachers perennially want to know when faced with new initiatives and mandates is –...
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