Jan 6, 20172 minThe Kids Get ItI had just gotten home and was sitting eating dinner when my kids started complaining about their homework. My kids hate school. Every...
Jan 2, 20172 min#oneword for 2017: RelentlessI work on a school calendar. My year goes from September to June (I think July and August are in there somewhere), therefore when I...
Nov 30, 20162 minDefining Educationese & Creating a Common LanguageEducation has so many buzzwords at any given time. We take these words, throw them into goals that we create, revamp our mission & vision...
Nov 20, 20163 minWould you do what you’re asking of your students?I think that we oftentimes have expectations of students that we, as adults, would not do ourselves. Many times, we file this under the...
Nov 18, 20164 minFive Things to Think About When Talking To StudentsTeachers are busy. No doubt. There are a million things going on around them at any given time. While trying to live in the moment, they...
Nov 13, 20165 minMade in China: New ConnectionsI’ve joked before in posts about living my entire life outside my comfort zone, but it’s true. It’s where I’ve found the most rewarding,...
Oct 30, 20163 minI’m Not a NaturalA few weeks ago, my friend George Couros wrote a blog post called No Shortage of Road and reading it made me smile because I could really...
Oct 28, 20163 minWe Underestimate our StudentsI always felt like one of my strengths as a teacher was that I always had high expectations for my students. I never lowered expectations...
Sep 18, 20163 minChange is an Opportunity to Do Something Amazing…All Around #IMMOOCI have taught and read the Innovator’s Mindset several times. I read it the first time for me, the second time for a book study for my...
Sep 3, 20164 minUs vs Them on #satchatwcIt always amazes me how a single comment on Twitter can bring on a blog post. This morning I woke up and did what I do almost every...
Jun 4, 20165 minHow Do We Change Teachers’ Perceptions of PD?Last school year, I came up with the idea of creating a Google Apps for Education “Track”. Instead of teachers attending one hour...
May 4, 20163 minAdjunct TeachingSometime last December an opportunity to teach at the University of Oshkosh literally fell into my lap. The professor for the one and...
Apr 25, 20164 minImplementation of Innovation TeamsThe 2015-2016 school year was my first year as a Technology Integrator. When I first began, both the position and I were new to the...
Apr 20, 20162 minI Just Met You But I Love YouI 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...
Apr 6, 20162 minThe Freedom to FailI have been failing for a long time. I’ve had loads of practice at it. I was failing way before it was cool to fail, and telling people...
Mar 23, 20162 minJust Keep Swimming or Create Real Change?Last night, I was participating in one of my very favorite Twitter chats: #PersonalizedPD (Tuesdays, 8pm CST). Question seven was...
Mar 21, 20163 minHow Do We Move Toward a More Personalized PD Experience?I love my job. Seriously. One of my favorite components of being a Technology Integrator is the professional development that I am able...
Mar 7, 20162 minKids with To-Do ListsI was walking down the hall the other day and a couple of fifth grade boys were walking the opposite way. I did my normal, “How’s it...
Feb 26, 20165 minSLedCamp (Student Led edCamps)A couple of months ago, I was introduced to the idea of Student Led edCamps. Being a Public Relations Coordinator for edCamp Oshkosh and...
Feb 18, 20164 minThe First PostThe first post is the hardest. It has to be. There’s no established writing style, no inside jokes from another post to fall back on, no...