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Create a Digital Advent Calendar
Part of the Effective Technology Category! For the past few years, I have played around with creating a digital advent calendar. With an advent calendar, a new idea, prize, or suprise is revealed each day. My Digital Ideas December Advent Calendar will be updated each day with a technology integration idea. These will be posts I've previously written that provide great free Read full article »
Edublog Award 2013 Nominations
The Edublog Awards 2013 are here. It's always difficult to narrow these things down. I've bookmarked the sites so you can visit or follow these great folks, easily. Here is a list of my nominations but there are many, many more I could list. You can find out more about the Edublog Awards 2013 here http://edublogawards.com. Eddies 2013 Nominations View more lists from Read full article »
Be a Guest Blogger, Moderator, or Expert #30GoalsEdu
Goal 25: Be a Guest Blogger, Moderator, or Expert of The 30 Goals Challenge for Educators "In vain have you acquired knowledge if you have not imparted it to others." ~ Deuteronomy Rabbah This year's 30 Goals Challenge theme is, "This is MY Moment." Each goal focuses on getting educators to believe their plans of action now will lead to positive changes and transformation Read full article »
Why I Don’t Get to be Your Victim
The World Wide Web can be a really scary place. Boogeymen do live here and they are very real. I am writing this for bullies to read, because I am being bullied and most importantly, I am writing this for their victims. And I am writing this for myself as a way to face my fears and take back my Read full article »
Be There & Listen #30GoalsEdu
Goal 24: Be There and Listen of The 30 Goals Challenge for Educators "I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening." ~ Larry King This year's 30 Goals Challenge theme is, "This is MY Moment." Each goal focuses on getting educators to believe their plans of Read full article »
12 Online Tools For Effective Teacher to Student and Parent Communication
Guest post by Reese Jones & Shelly Sanchez Terrell Having a clear and positive communication with the students and their parents are a vital necessity among educators. According to School Family, good communication results in increased student achievement and better services from the school. An effective way in pursuit of this is through the use of technology, specifically the internet. This Read full article »
Make a Difficult Choice #30GoalsEdu
Goal 23: Make the Difficult Choice of The 30 Goals Challenge for Educators "The greatest accomplishment began as a decision once made and often a difficult one." ~ Michael Rawls This year's 30 Goals Challenge theme is, "This is MY Moment." Each goal focuses on getting educators to believe their plans of action now will lead to positive changes and transformation in their teaching Read full article »
Participate in a New Community #30GoalsEdu
Goal 22: Participate in a New Community! of The 30 Goals Challenge for Educators "Things keep going on, they overlap and blur, your story is part of many other stories, and there is no telling where any of them may lead." ~ Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus This year's 30 Goals Challenge theme is, "This is MY Moment." Each goal focuses on getting educators Read full article »
Ditch the Plan! #30GoalsEdu
Goal 21: Ditch the Plan! of The 30 Goals Challenge for Educators "I’m going to keep the door open, and keep the page blank, and see what gets painted upon it.” ~ Tom Hiddleston This year's 30 Goals Challenge theme is, "This is MY Moment." Each goal focuses on getting educators to believe their plans of action now will lead to positive changes and transformation Read full article »
We Like to Move It with Mobile Devices #GAETC13 50+ Apps
From the Mobile Learning Category “As soon as I saw you, I knew an adventure was going to happen.” – Winnie The Pooh This week I am in beautiful Atlanta, Georgia, presenting at the GAETC conference. It is one of the most organized and interesting conferences I've been to and they've had some incredible presenters/keynotes. I had six sessions which you can read about Read full article »
Sharing Stories: Powerful Lessons in Digital Storytelling
From the Cool Sites Series “It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.” - Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind This week I am in beautiful Atlanta, Georgia, presenting at the GAETC conference. It is one of the most organized and interesting conferences I've Read full article »
Dare to Believe: Problem Based Learning with ICTs
Part of the Effective Technology Integration Category "All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them." -Earvin Magic Johnson Kids and teens worldwide are currently using social media and ICTs to become heroes and solve real world problems. You can read about a few in this post, 10+ Kids Transforming the World Through Social Media. Read full article »
Survival Tips for Teaching Kids English: 40+ Resources #GAETC13
From the What Works for Language Learners Category “For in every adult there dwells the child that was, and in every child there lies the adult that will be.” ― John Connolly, The Book of Lost Things This week I am in beautiful Atlanta, Georgia, presenting at the GAETC conference. It is one of the most organized and interesting conferences I've been Read full article »
Research on the Go with Mobile Devices #GAETC13
From the Cool Sites Series and Mobile Learning Series “Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.” - Gustave Flaubert This week I am in beautiful Atlanta, Georgia, presenting at the GAETC conference. It is one of the most organized and interesting conferences I've been to and they've had some incredible presenters/keynotes. I had Read full article »
Motivated to Write: 30+ Resources
From the Cool Sites Series “The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible.” ~ Vladimir Nabakov This week I am in beautiful Atlanta, Georgia, presenting at the GAETC conference. It is one of the most organized and interesting conferences I've been to and they've had Read full article »
Confront the Issues #30GoalsEdu
Goal 20: Confront the Issues of The 30 Goals Challenge for Educators "One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive. No matter who you are or what your position is you must keep fighting for whatever it is you desire to achieve." ~ George Read full article »
Eek! 50+ Halloween Activities, Resources & Apps
"People adore monsters. They fill their songs and stories with them. They define themselves in relation to them." - Jim Butcher This upcoming week, people will be celebrating Halloween, All Saints Day, All Souls' Day and Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). For the last month, I have been creating We can have a lot of fun in the Read full article »
Update Your Digital Footprint #30GoalsEdu
Goal 19: Update Your Digital Footprint of The 30 Goals Challenge for Educators This year's 30 Goals Challenge theme is, "This is MY Moment." Each goal focuses on getting educators to believe their plans of action now will lead to positive changes and transformation in their teaching and learning environments. Join our our 30 Goals Facebook community to vote on goals and receive support. This is the Read full article »
Shake Things Up! #30GoalsEdu
Goal 18: Shake Things Up! of The 30 Goals Challenge for Educators "The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards." ~Anatole France This year's 30 Goals Challenge theme is, "This is MY Moment." Each goal focuses on getting educators to believe their plans of action now will lead to Read full article »
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