I’m happy to announce that my book, “Tech with Heart: Leveraging Technology to Empower Student Voice, Ease Anxiety, & Create Compassionate Classrooms”, made it on BookAuthority’s Best New Education Books: “3 Best New Education Books To Read In 2019” BookAuthority collects and ranks the best books in the world, and it is a great honor to … Continue reading
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I’ve been a fan of educational technology for some time now. In fact, that was the initial focus of this blog. So naturally when I heard there was a book to be released from Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc on the topic, I was pretty excited. Okay, so, I was really…
I wanted to share a quick tip on getting started with some of the new slide templates that Pear Deck has been working on. The templates are “meant to jumpstart your use of interactive questions so you can create amazing moments of classroom collaboration and engagement.” And the Pear Deck team is now focusing on some … Continue reading
I had a chance to write a guest post on the Rocketbook Blog about how I use their app in my math classes that I hope you’ll enjoy — Making Handwriting Digital: Using the Rocketbook App in My Math Class, by Stacey Roshan In this post, I talk about: why I chose the Rocketbook App … Continue reading
I wanted to share a fun interview that I had a chance to do with VideoScribe. If you’ve followed me for a while, you know that VideoScribe is one of my favorite tools to create visually impactful, handwriting animation-style videos. I’ve been using VideoScribe for years, as you will read about in this interview… There’s something … Continue reading
If you’re an AP Calculus teacher, you are likely familiar with the popular “when you see the words… this is what you think of doing” worksheet. I often use this worksheet to kickstart review in class. It has always been a part of our opening conversation. In our class, the main goal is to take … Continue reading
I am wrapping up my first experience at the Mid-Atlantic Conference on Personalized Learning. There was lots of good learning and conversations! I wanted to share some of my notes from the past couple days and also a bit about the panel presentation I was able to present. Panel Presentation: How to Design Impactful Digital … Continue reading
Introduction — Our ninth grade Human Geography students recently completed a unit in Agriculture and Rural Land Use. Teachers Ben Mosteller, Kristin Kowalew, and Allison Ewing wanted students to showcase their understanding of the unit by creating an Agricultural Awareness PSA. One of the tools we have been using often at Bullis this school year … Continue reading
I wanted to feature another WeVideo project of success, led our Spanish III team, taught by Maris Hawkins and Bryan Whitford. Maris and Bryan recently had their students do a News Broadcast project in WeVideo to demonstrate their understanding of current events occurring throughout Latin America. Prior to this project, the class had been reading … Continue reading
I had another chance to collaborate with my colleague, Dr. Duruhan Badraslioglu (aka Dr. B), who teaches Anatomy and Physiology. He is always looking to put an innovative spin on lesson plans and projects. What makes Dr. B so much fun to work with is that: 1. he always comes in for a brainstorm with a … Continue reading
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