I had just gotten home and was sitting eating dinner when my kids started complaining about their homework. My kids hate school. Every...

I work on a school calendar. My year goes from September to June (I think July and August are in there somewhere), therefore when I...

Education has so many buzzwords at any given time. We take these words, throw them into goals that we create, revamp our mission & vision...

I think that we oftentimes have expectations of students that we, as adults, would not do ourselves. Many times, we file this under the...

Teachers 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...

I’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,...

A 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...

I always felt like one of my strengths as a teacher was that I always had high expectations for my students. I never lowered expectations...

I 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...

It 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...

Last school year, I came up with the idea of creating a Google Apps for Education “Track”. Instead of teachers attending one hour...

Sometime last December an opportunity to teach at the University of Oshkosh literally fell into my lap. The professor for the one and...

The 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...

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...

I 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...

Last night, I was participating in one of my very favorite Twitter chats: #PersonalizedPD (Tuesdays, 8pm CST). Question seven was...

I love my job. Seriously. One of my favorite components of being a Technology Integrator is the professional development that I am able...

I 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...

A couple of months ago, I was introduced to the idea of Student Led edCamps. Being a Public Relations Coordinator for edCamp Oshkosh and...

The 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...