Scholarship Opportunity for Fully Accredited Online Courses

I’m excited to announce that on July 5th my two new online courses begin, Methodologies for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, and Connected Educators: Harnessing the Power of Social Media for Professional Development. One of the many reasons I enjoy working with the team at Edtechnology Specialists is that the company believes in giving back. These […]

12 Ways to Make Meaningful Connections With Educators

“Since we cannot experience everything, other people’s experiences, and hence other people, become the surrogate for knowledge. ‘I store my knowledge in my friends’ is an axiom for collecting knowledge through collecting people (undated).” – Karen Stephenson When we connect with other educators and develop Personal/ Professional/ Passionate Learning Networks (PLNs), we participate in collective, networked […]

How to be a Teacherpreneur!

Love these resources? Get your copy of The 30 Goals for Teachers or Learning to Go. Social media is powerful and teachers are using it to spread their passion and transform education. Teacherpreneurship, teacher edupreneur, and edupreneur are just a few terms for educators who have been successful spreading their ideas! Teacherpreneurship is not just about […]

My Edublog Award Nominations #Eddies12

I’m a girl who has difficulty picking my favorite song or gelato flavor. I enjoy so many and get so excited by many. Awards are difficult for me because there are so many educators who produce such great blogs, wikis, webinars and/or share through Twitter and Facebook. This, however, is why I continue to participate […]

14 Edtech Integration Tips & 20+ Resources for the School Year

4th post in a new series: PLN Tips 4 Teachers and Goal 17: Integrate Technology Effectively of The 30 Goals Challenge for Educators “Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.” ~ Bill Gates I have been integrating technology with students since […]