So beautiful I had to share.
Our world is amazing, get out, get your kids out. Natural beauty will find you when you least expect it.
It’s Time For a Learning Revolution
Let’s raise kids to dream big and think different. America will need to re-kindle the innovative spirit that has propelled in the past. It’s a do or die moment. Bring on the learning revolution! An amazingly well written article by...
Is competition good for student learning?
Many of the thoughts I share here come from my years as an elementary teacher but I also get inspired by conversations I have with my wife. As many teachers know, if your spouse is not a teacher then they...
Adding the MasteryConnect Widget to WordPress tutorial
Make sure you backup your files before making any changes. I saw someone mention a new simple snippet of code to add the Common Core Standards to your website. The code comes from MasteryConnect and is simple to add to your...
Part II: Facebook Poll – Help me get hired! A new approach to supplement my application
I imagine my friends, family, and followers on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google+ are getting tired of me asking for help, but one must do what one must do. All I ask is for forgiveness for me spamming you with requests...
Jux | Great tool for presenting online content: Great review.
Launched in March this year, Jux is a platform that lets users create their own site and publish their content. Somewhere in between a tweet and a full-blown blog, Jux allows you to get text, image and video content up...
Prezi and NCSS presentation, Moodle in an elementary school classroom
A short time ago I was asked if I wanted to co-author an article for Social Studies and the Young Learner and I jumped at the opportunity. I had never been asked to write for a publication so I was quite...
Recognizing your students: When did we stop teaching Part III
I was going to write this long winded article about how we need to recognize what your students are doing. Then I came across a video today; This video says everything I wanted to and more.
Technology In Education – Why?
Via Scoop.it – Educational technology and Moodle I just finished reading an article over at Technology In Education that I found to actually help answer what the title asks: Technology In Education – Why? This is Reason Ten from the article, it...
Fees deny the basic human right to education: How does this effect #edtech? Student access?
Via Scoop.it – Educational technology and Moodle If the prospect of debt forces students out of the education ‘supermarket’, society as a whole will suffer, says Michael Mansfield (RT @alicewoolley1: Michael Mansfield QC: the government is breaking its human rights...
The Genesis Internship Project
I came across a tweet asking for beta-testers for Genesis Internships. Genesis Internships LLC is working to create the ultimate resource for helping students network with employers and find information on internships. Our website is a platform designed to streamline the...
Interesting, Iowa’s governor suggests an idea I proposed on League of Innovative schools
Interesting, Iowa’s governor suggests an idea I proposed on League of Innovative schools: My proposal: A national Learning Management System (LMS) that schools can employ/deploy as their school website. Using a universal LMS would allow developers to create modules that...
