Cursive Mandatory? So 1700s!
A few weeks ago a Bill was introduced here in the State of Washington that would make teaching cursive writing mandatory in elementary schools.…
Category: Random Thoughts
Upload: A documentary
I wanted to share this documentary that I was fortunate enough to be asked to be a part of. Nate Becker, a high school…
10 Chrome Extensions Every Student Should Install
Whether your students have Chromebooks or use Chrome as the default browser, understanding that Chrome is an operating system as much as it is…
The 4 Cs of Learning
You know the four Cs right? I mean everyone is talking about them. The four Cs that are going to change education in the…
’15 by the numbers
Not sure how it got to be December already…and the end of December at that. Where did 2015 go? It’s been a year to…
Understanding Wikipedia in 3 Clicks
Here we are in 2015. A year in which schools no longer buy sets of encyclopedias for the classroom and then the thing that…
The Millennials are here!
It is my last training of the summer. Finish up these two days with MIT students from Whitworth University and then two weeks of…
If I were the teacher
As another school year finishes up here in the Northern Hemisphere I find myself, like many educators, reflecting on this past school year. As…
Gamifying Classrooms
The idea of using game based ideas in the learning environment or gamification continues to gain momentum with teachers…but more importantly with students. Let’s…
COETAIL Registration Open
Just a quick announcement to let you know that COETAIL Online5 Cohort is now open. Kim Cofino along with Robert Appino and Rebekah Madrid…