The first week of school is over and it has gone by extremely fast. Friday was nothing but a blur. I am very grateful we decided to change our homebase from 40 […]
1st Day Reflections
As mentioned in my last blog, my goal is to write every day this year to reflect back on my experience. Perhaps some of what I write tonight should have been written […]
Positive Social Media
My brain has been swirling around a lot of 21st century learning this past week and I know the only to keep my thoughts straight is to write about it. There is […]
BYOD: It Can Work!
I recently read an article from Emerging Edtech titled 5 Reasons Why BYOD is a Bad Idea. As an online subscriber, I immediately read the article when it entered my inbox. Not […]
Writing Reflections
On Thursday of this past week I asked my 8th graders to reflect back on their writing they have done this year. Earlier in the week as I was developing my […]
Another Possible Use for Cell Phones
It is no secret that I am working on a book about cell phones. I will not go into a lot of details because I don’t want to give anything away. When […]
Celly and the Common Core Standards
This post has been long overdue. I wanted to outline the connections I can make to the Common Core Standards (CCSS) with Celly. Below I have chosen three strands from the CCSS […]