Virtual School Tips and Recommendations
NCCE 2020 here in Seattle has just wrapped up. NCCE (Northwest Council For Computer Education) being our regional ISTE sponsored conference with somewhere around…
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You can be a Paperless Classroom or a Blended Learning Classroom, but you can’t be both.
Over the past few weeks, I have had a couple of conversations with teachers and people in the business world that I just want…
Whack-A-Mole Is Not A Classroom Management Strategy That Works
CAUTION: This software is not a classroom management strategy
Do you assess the process of learning or the product of learning?
How might you have to rethink your lesson/unit/approach so that you can gather, or collect something that shows learning occurring in the moment? What…
What is Engagement?
Last Saturday we had a thunderstorm move through Seattle…we don’t get them very often around here so a storm with over 2200 lightning strikes…
Helping Parents Help Their Children
I often start or end may of my parent presentations with: “Congrats! No parent has ever raised a digitally connected child. You’re the first…
Tech Coaching is about Relationships not Tech
Most tech coaches end up in the role of tech coach or Tech TOSA (Teacher On Special Assignment) because they are good at using…
Comments vs Compliments – a mini lesson
Last week I had the pleasure of running a lab site in an Enumclaw 5th Grade class as part of my work with the…
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…