Not Your Average Teacher

Move around / OK GO Video Link

Summer has ended as far as work goes and I was lucky enough to be up to speed when it came to be back in school. Actually i was ready for work, because I feel it has value. Being educators we are asked to do valuable work everyday and that usually involves motion. [...]

Be the shaker

For me to believe in leadership it’s the ones who shake me up and move me out of my comfort zones that have always made the most impact. I find myself in a position now speaking sometimes to the top down model and they usually smile and agree when I converse about technology. The believers [...]

ISTE 2010

And the mountain views and fresh mountain air come into play as I head to my first national tech conference. I am happy to be here with my team and I am ready to see my PLN and add to it here in Denver. I kept thinking on the way here what are the [...]

PLN Value and Education is a marathon videos

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NETA 2010 has come and gone.  I am always impressed with what I see and hear at the conference. Sometimes in the keynotes and breakouts, but mostly with my PLN and the conversations that happen.  Sometimes they happen by chance in passing, sometimes they happen in meeting places like the PLN Plaza that is the [...]

NETA 2010

It is really good to see the group of educators come together that really believe in the high leverage use of technology. I got the chance to see my PLN and lots of new faces. My team and I also presented a couple times and it went well. If you have never [...]

Metaphorical thoughts on Assessment

By a friend who happens to be an excellent science teacher:
The global view, philosophical foundations of, and complexity within the concept towards educating exceptional students fills volumes of texts, has generated lengthy legislation, consumes courts attention at every level, yet is fleshed out each and every day in this countries classrooms, in spite of this [...]

New beginnings

It’s easy to begin to feel nostalgic towards the end of a season, year, career, etc. I know many people graduating in the upcoming weeks, and I urge you all to take time and celebrate how far you’ve come and how hard you’ve worked to achieve this triumph. For me, it was easy [...]

50 degrees

The weather might hit 50 degrees for the first time this year today, and the students are as frenzied as the teachers. Students have had a hard time focusing towards the end of the day, and more are making plans to be outside with friends. I am right along with them. The [...]

Running into an old friend

I have taken this place for granted…and have been under appreciating it’s abilities. It’s like that friend you run into after years apart-It’s hard to remember how you fell out of touch in the first place. The fact is relationships take a lot of work to keep strong. I have survived my [...]