Answers to Five Common Online/Virtual Learning Issues
In some of the long term contract work I do with districts, I have the honor of helping them set up virtual learning environments and...
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- Mar 15, 2020
- 4 min
Five Ways to Fight Isolation and Loneliness
When I work with districts in virtual learning and setting up virtual environments, one of the areas that is often overlooked is the...
- Oct 23, 2019
- 5 min
Five Ways to Feel Better About Where You Are
We are reminded everywhere we turn in education that we need to be reflective professionals. This means thinking about our practice, our...
- Aug 28, 2019
- 8 min
5 Ways to Create Professional, Supportive Relationships
As I’ve worked with more and more people and my PLN has grown, I’ve realized that I have a knack for creating quick, deep relationships...
- Jan 13, 2019
- 3 min
Growing a PLN is More Than a Numbers Game
Growing your PLN is one of the most powerful things you can do for your own professional learning. Period. But, I find that people don’t...
- Dec 26, 2018
- 7 min
The Search for Harmony (Balance) Between Work and Life
We are beginning to recognize the value of balance in education. Finally, people are starting to understand that handing yourself over...
- Dec 2, 2018
- 4 min
Student Managed School Social Media Accounts
Recently, one of my favorite teachers in the high school approached me about students starting student managed social media accounts for...
- Sep 8, 2018
- 3 min
Am I as Perfect as that Other Educator on Social Media?
Most of us know, in our heads, how social media can skew day to day life. We talk about this in relation to how our kids need to...
- Jul 11, 2018
- 3 min
Is it better to be kind or right?
I am on Twitter because my friends are there. The ones who push my thinking and who I want to see what they are doing professionally...
- Jun 4, 2018
- 2 min
Kids These Days
I truly believe that part of being an advocate for kids is believing that all of them, no matter what, possess redeeming qualities. I...
- Mar 16, 2018
- 5 min
My Core Beliefs: I’m Only as Good as the People I Surround Myself With
This is a post in the Core Beliefs Series. To read the introductory post, click here. In other words, relationships are the most...
- Jan 10, 2018
- 5 min
The Rules of Teacher Engagement
So many times we talk about teacher engagement in the form of how engrossed they are in their professional learning. However, as I’ve...
- Oct 26, 2017
- 6 min
What Is the Point In Blogging?
Lately, I have been asked repeatedly by various people why I blog. I started blogging because one of my good friends, who I have a ton of...
- Sep 24, 2017
- 6 min
The Creation of a Genius Bar: How our student led tech teams have formed
Although our district has been 1:1 for about eight years, this is the first year we have implemented a student led helpdesk. I’m not...
- Jun 30, 2017
- 4 min
The ISTE Effect
There is a certain feeling, a certain effect, that going to ISTE has on the majority of the attendees. Sometimes you can see it in their...
- Apr 20, 2016
- 2 min
I Just Met You But I Love You
I often joke and say I “don’t keep friends”. Really, I mean that I put so much effort into my profession and my family that I often don’t...