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Permission to Play
The greatest luxury I have in this job since leaving the classroom is permission to play. After 27 years of completely scheduled or overscheduled time, I can dedicate a morning to comparing tools in...
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Learning new stuff and not looking stupid
Apologies for no new posts recently. Family-member health and wellness trumped everything for a bit, but things are back on track for now…and so I have time to post. I did something new and risky last...
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The Way You Do the Things You Do
As a teacher, I am always intrigued by what people notice first. Reading Kevin Jarrett’s and Kim Cofino’s posts (one recent, one not-so) brought up a flood of ideas about the way I do the things I do...
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Four years and crabgrass
A tweet and blog post by another teacher this busy morning brought me up short. As teachers, we make job changes less often than many, and this time of year brings many reflective moments among those...
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Priority: Earning or Learning?
News Corp’s education division, Amplify, has announced a new tablet designed specifically for education. According to the story on NPR today, they are touting this new device as the tool to bring...
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Awesome Foursome: Writing ideas with a twist
I must share this awesome foursome of writing resources that grabbed my creative eye as I prepare for an online OK2Ask session in August. Gone Google Story Builder (reviewed here). Layer writing on...
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A chosen few: A practical plan for personal PD BINGO
As the new school year begins, teachers attending OK2Ask® sessions are noticeably more stressed and overwhelmed. During these sessions, we share many, many resources and teaching ideas. We pack the...
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A TechToy Story: Why tech geeks fail and edtech coaches succeed
This is a fable — of sorts. After sharing the joy of figuring out a new tech toy for online professional development sessions, the tech geek (TG) and the edtech coach (ETC) stopped for a quick chat....
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R U an ETC? U R not alone, Part 2
Last week I shared a list of ideas that came out of a recent collaborative OK2Ask® session. The participants, all edtech coaches or teachers who play a less formal “coach” type role with their peers,...
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Make ‘em laugh, make ‘em listen?
Forty five years ago, some educators complained that the people at CTW were ruining children’s brains by entertaining kids as they learned. The advent of Sesame Street and soon after, Electric Company,...
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