America’s Wealthy Are Even Wealthier And Have A New Name: Point-Seveners Alternet ...America has 45,000 citizens worth more than $50 mil...
How research paywalls keep today's research from becoming best practice
Dominant logic often isolates higher learning research from the teachers who need to apply it. There are pay walls that keep average everyda...
Is a teacher's non-use of technology an excuse to be demoted?
And thus school has begun. I have a mysterious little bird - always writing these messages on my board. I know who the bird is but turn m...
Simple ways to use mood music in your classroom to amp up learning
Music has so many uses in the classroom. After being jolted awake by Dave Burgess ' Teach Like a Pirate wisdom - I realized that there...
Sylvia Martinez and The Maker Movement: Invent to Learn, Tinker to Teach! #makered #makerspace
The Maker Movement is here. Invent to Learn by Sylvia Martinez and Gary Stager is the definitive book on the Maker Movement in Schools Wha...
Reading Tips to Program Your Mind for success
I have a second generation Kindle. I will use it until it won't run for a few reasons: These Kindles are newer than mine but still off...
Why you should set soft goals for your classroom this year
When you set your goals for the fall, don't forget your soft goals. There are hard and fast things you must do in the classroom. Ther...
My wish for everyone attending #iste13
If I had a wish for everyone at ISTE 2013, it would be: Iste 2013 has opened just now in San Antonio. It is already Trending on Twitter....
Karen Lirenman: Interview with outstanding K-2 Teacher 2013 #iste2013 @klirenman
First grade teacher Karen Lirenman (@ klirenman ) has won the Kay L Bitter Award for innovative leadership in the K-2 classroom. She'll ...
4 Reasons I bought Microsoft Surface after wrestling alligators (guest post by Mark, my nephew)
When my nephew, Mark, used his birthday money and money he'd earned from working on his Mom & Dad's gator farm to buy a Microsof...
Alfred Thompson: How we can teach computer science to every age @alfredtwo
Alfred Thompson (@ alfredtwo ) "Mr. Computer Science" spent some time talking with me and the listeners of Every Classroom matte...
Flipboard Magazines make curation for your classes EASY. #ipadchat
Flipboard is a fantastic ereading tool which has also become a premier curation tool. I've created a magazine Education Inspirivation ...
When fear is expected and welcome
"I don't know how else to make a movie except to find some aspect of the experience that I haven't done before," he says. ...