Transforming schools and classrooms into learning communities with personalized technology tools and digital content. Building Your Instructional Technology PLN. Web Tools for Collaboration and Communication. The Building Blocks for Personalized Learning ASCD 2016. The Quest for the Magic App. Designing Virtual Communities of Practice.

Reflections On Coaching and School Stuff by Dr. 1 Minute Clips to Better Teaching. Common Core Across the Curriculum. Social Skills in the High School Classroom.

Students also mixed up factors and multiples. Some of the problems required reteaching. I thought that was great opp.

Musings of a Teacher, Leader, and Learner. I believe in the power of reading stories aloud. I believe in the power of simple plots and innocent characters that evoke deep emotions and complex themes. I believe in helping word-weary teenagers rediscover the magic they felt as a child flipping through picture books. I read teachers like Pernille Ripp argue for picture books in every classroom.

Now all that is changing. But there are some great potentials in the next adventure for me. 1 A multiage class with half 4th graders and half 5th graders.

The wonders of technology in education in the 21st century. 27 Favorite 3 Google Chrome Extensions. 27 Favorite 3 Google Chrome Extensions. These 3 tools are diamonds in a sea of instructional technology tools. 3 Read and Write for Google. Is a MUST HAVE Google Chrome extension. I absolutely love using it. It has tremendous value for English Language Arts teachers. And click on ADD TO GOOGLE CHROME.

Exploring the Creative Use of 21st Century Skills in Educational Technology. Through the collaboration of my co-worker and friend Jacob Standish. Its been an encouraging year of some new webtools that have influenced our district protocol. Here are few a of the tools we have pushed. I wrote earlier about it here.