Part of the Cool Sites series The end of the school year is upon us and students (not to mention teachers) are ready for a break. The only problem is that school isn’t over yet and we still have things that we need to teach our students. Take the time to find a fun and […]
Month: April 2010
What Did They Tweet?
End of April 2010 edition of the What Did They Tweet weekly series! Let’s see what our Personal Learning Network (PLN) tweeted about in education and social media in the past two weeks. Video: Starfish and Students I was deeply touched by this video created by @marynabadenhors, which tells the story of a kid with […]
Changes
I have been debating on writing this post for awhile, because this is a completely new experience for me. I have had life-changing news recently and couldn’t decide how to let you know. How much do we reveal? How much is too much? What is the correct way to approach this situation? Should I even […]
Upcoming Conferences You Don't Want to Miss
I live in Germany. This week I was going to fly to NYC to the #140 Conference and see many members of my Personal/Passionate Learning Network (PLN). However, like many people I was grounded by the volcanic eruption in Iceland. My inconvenience is nowhere near the suffering people are facing with this natural disaster. However, […]
17 Resources & Tips to Backup Online Content
Part of the Cool Sites series With so many wonderful online tools I tend to create a lot of online content. I bet you do, too! Let’s see…there are tweets, forum posts, blogs, pictures, videos, glogsters, wallwishers, wikis and more. The problem is that with all this wonderful content we often do not have backups […]
The Good Mentor: Are You up For the Challenge? by Lisa Michelle Dabbs
Part of the series: Global Issues in Education Mentoring is a term that we hear a lot these days. It’s a part of the fabric of so many institutions. Yet it’s still a huge piece that’s missing for so many young teachers and those new to the education profession. Why is that? With so many […]
What Did They Tweet?
April 2010 edition of the What Did They Tweet weekly series! Let’s see what our Personal Learning Network (PLN) tweeted about in education and social media in the past two weeks. Video: Children’s Books on the Ipad Recently, I saw an Ipad and wasn’t too impressed until I read @KevinRose’s tweet showing a kid’s book […]
PLNs, Twitter, and Conference Tweet-ups
One of my favorite TV moments is when Norm of the series Cheers walks into a bar and everyone shouts, “Norm” as if they were welcoming him home. Part of the Cheer’s theme song, Where Everybody Knows Your Name by Gary Portnoy, goes: Making your way in the world today Takes everything you’ve got Taking […]
What You May Have Missed at Teacher Reboot Camp…
Month in Review: March 2010! Sorry for how late this post is but March has been my busiest month professionally and April looks just as busy. March and April seem to be popular months for conferences and I’ve been busily preparing presentations and wikis. You probably have been just as busy and may have missed […]
My Favourite Sites for Teaching Phrasal Verbs by Janet Bianchini
Part of the Cool Sites series An Xtranormal Kind of Introduction Teaching phrasal verbs is my favourite activity of all! Why is this so? Well, in my experience, I have found that students generally don’t like studying them because they find them “too difficult, miss!” I set out from elementary level to train my students […]