BreakoutEDU is new to my campus, but it is taking off fast!     Digital breakouts seem to be easier to do as we are not limited to group sizes based on the number of ph…

A few weeks back I was able to work with the 6th grade social studies classes using the design cycle and littelbits.  They were studying Southeast Asia and some of the e…

Back in January I ran across the article   Seven 3D Printing Lessons for Teachers .  I was looking additional ideas for us to use the 3D printer on campus in the academi…

What if I told you that online collaboration can be simple and could be done in a few minutes of a class period?  Really it can be done! Time is always a factor i…

As the IMMOOC course draws to a close I am grateful for being a part of it.   Through the last few weeks I have taken time to think through my own mindset about educat…

How might we measure the impact of innovative practices in education?  How do you know you are headed in the right direction?   I struggle with this question  all t…

G. Couros - Innovator's Mindset Over the years I have discovered twitter, Pinterest, G+ and other social networks to connect with people that also want to grow p…

My job is to help teachers integrate technology into their lessons so it might come as odd when I say students should not be on computers every day for every lesson.  Wh…

What if we promoted risk-taking to our staff and students and modeled it openly as administrators?  One of my favorite administrators used to tell the staff, "Eve…

I have worked at my campus since 2001 in my position as Instructional Technology Specialist.  Over the years I have worked on gaining trust of those that I work with day…

Photo Credit William Felker @ Unsplash This past week was Spring Break and I took some time to fix up my son's room to make it function better for him.  We took …

Innovation: Newer and Better   A few years back my admin challenged me with coming up with ways for technology to help the ESL  and the at-risk students.   Th main c…

After writing my answers to these questions I could see some clarity taking shape as to my educational philosophy.   I appreciated the opportunity to be forced to reflec…

I heard about booksnaps on twitter, introduced by  Tara Martin  and wanted to try them out.  This is a strategy where you take a photo of the portion of the text that yo…

My word of the year is "intentional," and adjective that means to do something on purpose or done on deliberately.   I am trying to do my job with intention, n…