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#ISTE17 – Flipping PD to Create More Powerful Face-to-Face PD Opportunities
This is my last session for today, possibly overall. I’m probably most excited about this, as throughout these last few months, knowing the role I’m […]
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#ISTE17 – EdTech Insights: Teacher Hacks
This session takes place in the middle of the Expo Hall, which is really odd. It’s loud and distracting. They are organizing the session into […]
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#ISTE17 – Tuesday Keynote Jennie Magiera
The keynote opened with things I didn’t see. There was a delicious breakfast involved and I regret nothing (Panchito’s for breakfast tacos…get the Lyft over, […]
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#ISTE17 – 5 Key Trends Transforming Teaching Today
If I’m being honest, I’m mostly in this session because Vicki Davis is hosting. She is a full time teacher who has a DAILY podcast […]
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#ISTE17 – 60in60 Edtech Game Show!
I caught the end of the 60in60 session last year, so I was excited to see it on the listing this year. The session is […]
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#ISTE17 – Snapshot: Podcasting, Vodcasting & Vlogging
I came to this for obvious reasons, but also because I want to encourage my students to start creating podcasts next year. When I mentioned […]
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#ISTE17 – Ignite Round 2
Despite my disappointment with the lack of actionable tools or ideas in the first round, I’m back for round 2 of Ignite at ISTE. In […]
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#ISTE17 – How to Expand Learning into the Social Media Sphere
My first impression on this session was walking into “What Does the Clock Say?” an Ylvis spoof of the viral sensation. So yeah, that happened. […]
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#ISTE17 Opening Keynote – Jad Abumrad
After some interesting musical choices and a rousing speech from the new ISTE CEO, Richard Culatta about the vision of ISTE and upcoming surprises (maybe […]
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#ISTE17 Ignite Round 1
The stage is set, I just enjoyed a delightful pineapple popsicle, and I’m ready for my favorite session: Ignite! For anyone that doesn’t know what […]
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#ISTE17 Thoughts So Far
I landed in San Antonio on Saturday morning, and got to spend some time exploring the city. In short, not a fan. There just doesn’t […]
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Gretchen Bridgers – Episode 6
In this episode of the Planning Period Podcast, I interview Gretchen Bridgers of the Always a Lesson Podcast. Gretchen has been a great help to […]
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David Knuffke – Episode 5
In this episode of the Planning Period Podcast, I interview David Knuffke, the Curriculum Associate for Science and Technology for the Secondary Level in Deerpark, […]
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What We Can Learn as Teachers from Challenging Administrators
We all have said the words that relationships with students, especially relationships based on mutual respect, are critical to getting the best performance out of […]
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Nicole Mutters – Episode 4
In this episode of the Planning Period Podcast, I interview Assistant Principal, former dean and history teacher, Nicole Mutters. Nicole is a great friend of […]
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Michael Coleman – Episode 3
Episode 3 already. Not sure why, but this feels like a milestone to me. Sure, it’s only 3 episodes, but still. Anyways, on this week’s […]
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Kristen Iannuzzi – Episode 2
In this second episode of the show, I sit down with Kristen Iannuzzi. She is one of the most powerfully passionate educators I have ever […]
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Future of EdTech Coaches
Last night I participated in the #EdTechChat on Twitter, in which the topic was Ed Tech Coaches. As a full-time Digital Instructional Coach, the topic […]
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Jay Cvetko – Episode 1
In my first episode of the Planning Period Podcast, I interview Jay Cvetko, a veteran teacher now teaching Economics at my school. In this interview […]
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Planning Period Podcast is Coming!
Followers of my blog, twitter, or just life in general, will know that I haven’t shut up for the last couple months about starting my […]
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What I’m Learning From Listening to Education Podcasts Part 2
My podcast listening is now officially bordering on obsession. In addition to #EdChat Radio and Cult of Pedagogy, I have now started listening to (and […]
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What I’m Learning from Listening to Education Podcasts
I’m planning on starting my own podcast soon talking about education. I’ve been wanting to do this for a little over a year now, and […]
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Creating an Open Source Curriculum Instead of Textbooks #EdChat
A few weeks ago, I participated in #EdChat to discuss Open Source Curriculum (more specifically, the question posed was “Is it possible to create a modern, […]
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ISTE2016 Summary – Closing Keynote with Michelle Cordy
Michelle opened with the title slide: “Show Up and Refuse to Leave.” She explained the story of how she started a 1:1 pilot program, and […]
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ISTE2016 Summary – Genius Bar: Promoting Student Leadership
As a teacher of what is loosely based off the Genius Bar model (more tech assistants truthfully) I am excited to get to see how […]
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ISTE2016 Summary – Ruha Benjamin Keynote
I wasn’t sure I was going to make the Tuesday keynote, mainly because I went to Denver Biscuit Company and ate myself into an unbelievably […]
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IST2016 Summary – EdTekTalks
This is another multi-presenter session. In an hour and 45 minutes, you see 5 mini keynotes from distinguished EdTech leaders. First presenter is Amelia Rose […]
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ISTE2016 Summary – Ed Tech Start Up Pitch Fest
My second session of the day is the Ed Tech Start-Up Pitch Fest. In this session, 6 startup companies will present on their new education […]
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ISTE2016 Summary – Problem-Based Learning Extravaganza!
ISTE2016 is finally here, and I couldn’t be more excited! In the beautiful city of Denver, some of the worlds greatest teachers have come together […]
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Teachers – How You Turned Out is Irrelevant!
I have conversations regularly with people about the state of education. Some people want to understand the problems educators face, others want to hear my […]
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Censorship: The Real Problem With Education
It has been a while since I have posted to my blog, and there is a reason for that. I hope, that as I write […]
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Organizing Administration Using OneNote Staff Notebook*
At my school, we have launched into OneNote as a school platform with both feet. At this point, just 9 weeks into our one-to-one program, […]
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My Life as an Instructional Technology Coach – 6 Weeks In
Week 7 of the school year starts tomorrow, so I thought now would be a good time to give a quick update on my job, […]
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Observations at a High School Football Game
As part of my job description as an Instructional Technology Coordinator, falls the ever-dreaded “Other duties as assigned.” As part of my other duties for […]
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ISTE2015 Wrap-Up
I’m home, and mostly recovered, from ISTE. Feels like a good time to take a minute and write about my thoughts on the conference. The simple […]
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ISTE2015 Sessions – 1-in-3 Round 2
My last session of ISTE2015 (no! I don’t want it to be over!) is 1-in-3 Round 2. 1-in-3 is much like an Ignite talk, but […]
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ISTE2015 Session – Managing a 1:1 Campus
My next (and final) session for today is Managing a 1:1 Campus for Principals and Technology Specialists. I’m not 100% sure this training is really […]
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ISTE2015 – Ignite Talks Round 3
For anyone who doesn’t know, an Ignite talk is a 5 minute, fast paced talk. Behind the presenter is a series of 20 slides with […]
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ISTE2015 Session – Create a Technology Start-Up in Your School
I decided to attend this session because it just sounded really interesting. The idea of starting a company while in school is just fascinating to […]
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ISTE2015 – Flipped PD Session
My first session at ISTE2015 is called Flipped PD: Creating Teacher Buy-In and Modeling Technology-Rich Professional Development. What a mouthful. Still, very interested in this topic, […]
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Humor – A Double-Edged Sword in a Classroom
This is the first week of the summer. I’m spending it at a week-long training on Digital Curriculum and what we, as the school technology […]
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#TEDxWOHS Reflections
Well, the school year is over, and so is the TEDxWOHS project (or maybe it was more of an experiment?). Whatever I title it, I […]
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5 Reasons You Shouldn’t Do the TEDx Project
Since I started the TEDx project, I have been amazed at the things my students are doing. They are learning about fascinating topics, writing truly […]
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Technology is Not a Learning Outcome
Found this on twitter and felt it was worth sharing. Good for all of us to remember as we merge technology and pedagogy. Source: https://twitter.com/CushGills/status/601399974820061185
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Bragging Time – Round 3
Running a little behind posting this, but better late than never. Students submitted their second round of reflections last week, and as before, I’ve pulled […]
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Overheard at a Continental Breakfast
It never ceases to amaze me what you can learn from listening to people. I have this thing where I listen to all the conversations […]
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Teacher Appreciation Week – Just Say Thanks
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 […]
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Bragging Time – Again
With the first video reflection due this past Monday, I want to share with everyone some of the hard work my kids are doing. These […]
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Standardized Testing – By Me and Others
It’s testing season, and so I’m thinking about testing a lot. Thankfully, in my state, we are done with English tests. However, I am missing […]
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Working on #TEDxWOHS Outside
When I got back to my room from lunch today, a couple of my students point out how lovely the weather is, and say “We […]
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