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Flip or Flop?
Flipped classrooms is a trending topic on Twitter and at education/technology conferences. There are pro’s, con’s, and potential roadblocks to success with the flipped classroom. Before I invested...
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Popplet App
This great suggestion came from David Baugh and his idea to use iPads for Language Lessons - his video demo focused on summarizing an English novel, but this easily translated to our Spanish novel,...
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School End Reflection
Image licensed Creative Commons from Howard Stanbury on Flickr At the end of the retiree celebration, someone shared a story about walking across the field. A straight line is the quickest, but if you...
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Apps-olutely Essential
As our district continues on the journey of BYOT, I wanted to put some thought into what I consider the essential education apps for students of all ages. The basic considerations for the apps: can it...
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EdmodoCon New for 2012
Already there is more information and ideas than I can wrap my mind around, so this is going to be the first blog post about EdmodoCon 2012. If you missed it, the video of the recording will be posted...
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Implementing iAnything (pad, pod touch, phone)
Our district is not investigating going 1:1 iPads, but there was still a great read from MGuhlin.org. The blog post responded to 20 Questions that others had posed for implementing an iPad program. I...
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BYOT club reflections… so far
We are in our fourth month of BYOT club so far at the middle school (with bi-weekly meetings, unless holidays interfere). The club was originally in a previous blog post after some disillusionment with...
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BYOT with Fotobabble/Educreations
What does BYOT actually look like? I know there is not a single correct answer, but this is the reality in my room: The majority of students (75% or more) have a device that can connect over wi-fi and...
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Still Apps-olutely
Recently I wrote a blog post describing apps that I would recommend for student use in a BYOT classroom. I do not feel like the reflective descriptions would be valuable for a middle school or high...
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