Less then a year ago my co-author Troy Hicks and I released our second book From Texting to Teaching: Grammar Instruction in a Digital Age. Since that time, I have been continuing […]
Professional Development Drought

*This blog post does not reflect the views of my school or anyone working within my school. Professional development (PD) should be the cornerstone for anyone looking to better themselves no matter […]
Fighting the Good Fight with Technology in the Classroom

Last Monday I had a chance to present and talk with teachers at our local writing project site; the Chippewa River Writing Project. There were many great sessions where I took a […]
Flipping Grammar

Last year, my principal approached our science teacher and myself to think about the idea of flipping some lessons in our classroom. Since we have the ability to do so we thought […]
Digital Literacy Summer Institute Day #2

I can’t write a short enough post to discuss every nugget of information I gained from the second day of the Digital Literacy SI. So, I will explain one idea that hit home […]
Digital Literacy Summer Institute Day #1
We were asked on Sunday at the Digital Literacy Summer Institute to watch Matt Harding’s video: Dancing to Connect to a Global Tribe and his This I Believe statement. If you haven’t […]
Just Hanging Out…and Learning

This week has been crazy to say the least. On the other hand, it has been phenomenal! Tuesday, my 2nd hour seventh grade class began an adventure I felt was worth taking. […]