ASCD just published my article, Giving Teachers the Opportunity to Say “Yes” to Ed Tech, which is basically the second part of an article I wrote for ASCD Educational Leadership earlier this month. Here’s a quote from it:

ASCD Educational Leadership has just published a new article I’ve written titled Technology: Moving from No to Yes. For some weird reason, they put a “@” sign in the url address to the article, so if you want to share … Continue reading →

My post, The Harlem Shake As A Language-Learning Activity, has certainly become a popular one. And, if you thought it was easy to make a Harlem Shake video before today, it’s now become even easier! The app creator hitcents.com released … Continue reading →

Mixed Response to Comcast in Expanding Net Access is the headline of a New York Times article about Comcast’s nationwide efforts to provide Internet to low-income families (it also talks about similar programs by other cable providers). I’ve written about … Continue reading →

“Technology-Driven Innovations for Teaching English Learners” is a relatively useless report from what is described as a “conservative think tank” — and it shows. It highlights a handful of for-profit software companies, the Rocketship Charter School Network’s use of daily … Continue reading →

I’m not a big fan of student cellphone use in class, and my posts about them have reflected that perspective. However, I like to think I have a relatively open mind about many things. So, though I’m starting off this … Continue reading →

Google announced today that Chromebooks for education will be available for $99 through December 21st (see the Reuters article, Google makes MIT prof’s dream of $100 laptops for students a reality). I don’t know how realistic it is for teachers … Continue reading →

The Best Ways To Use Interactive White Boards is my new Education Week Teacher post. You might find some unexpected advice there….

We had our first day of school with students Wednesday and I forgot how utterly exhausting and mind blowing that first day is! We did lots of rules, routines, and procedures but also made time for some fun first week things.  Here is what we have been up to!  You can purchase these Scholastic Order Form activities from Clutter Free Classroom ...

I’m a bit wary/skeptical about this whole “Flipped Classroom” idea and how it works in practice. Diana Laufenberg spoke for me, also, in some of her tweets about the concept: My issues with the concept of flipping is that I … Continue reading →