My mom died last week. I had just finished story time with my son and was prepping a slow cooker lasagna for tomorrow’s dinner when … Read More ›
Category: Random Thoughts
If you listen to my podcast, you’ve probably heard that I am going to a new school this year, and in my area, students are … Read More ›
After I asked him to be on my show (Episode 19), Derek Rhodenizer asked me to be on his show, A Word In Progress. This … Read More ›
Anyone who know me, knows I’m a technophile. I’m an instructional technology coach, a constant Twitter user, and podcaster. I Snapchat most of my life, … Read More ›
I had the amazing honor of being asked to be on Noa Daniel’s Personal Playlist Podcast (BTW, notice I didn’t say “recently”. Because this post … Read More ›
It only seems fair to start this post with an admission. I am a gun owner. In the past, I was even a member of … Read More ›
I am an expert in nothing. Popular advice about building an online presence, a blog, a podcast, or even a twitter account, is to make … Read More ›
Our VoicEd Family is celebrating the holidays by doing a gift exchange, and we are giving the gift of thanks! No money, no gadgets or … Read More ›
58 people are dead in another of a myriad of senseless attacks on innocent people. And like every other time this has happened, we are … Read More ›
It’s the Friday Night Lights time of year, and among many of the “other duties as assigned” for me is being at the games to … Read More ›
Most teachers lament returning to work. While parents are ready for their little darlings to stop harassing them every hour of every day about going … Read More ›
After Jennie Magiera talked so passionately during her ISTE Keynote about telling our students’ stories, and our true stories, I decided that I would make … Read More ›
As most of you should be aware, this week has been Teacher Appreciation Week. While I appreciate the nice little gifts that our administration gets … Read More ›
Despite what the title may imply, this post simply will not answer that question, partly because I don’t actually have an answer and mostly because … Read More ›
So I really don’t know what the long term purpose of this blog will be, but for today I hope to make some people laugh. … Read More ›
Recently, I started submitting some of my work to literary agents, and it is a long, tiring, stressful process that I will most likely delve … Read More ›