Antidotes for the Anxious Generation
When I began my tenure as a Director of Instructional Technology for an 8000 student district in Austin, mobile devicesContinue Reading
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Online safety in schools today: a former administrator’s perspective
Editor’s note: The following article is cross-posted on the Linewize website here. When we started rolling out a one-to-one device program atContinue Reading
21 Things Every Educator Should Try in 2021
In 2014, I debuted a blog post that was centered around ideas and strategies teachers should try and implement inContinue Reading
Because Nothing Can Stop the Learning! An #AltSXSWedu Recap
Last Friday was an upsetting day. The conference I had attended for the past 10 years (SXSWedu) announced it wasContinue Reading
My TCEA 2020 Manifesto
This year marks the 22nd year that I’ll be attending the TCEA conference. For those of you joining me atContinue Reading
A Scary Story From A Not-Too-Distant Future Classroom
As Ms. Shannon entered her learning studio with the familiar ‘whoosh’ sound of the automatic doors opening, she noticed somethingContinue Reading
What Opportunities are Lost When You Ban Technology
This past week I had an interesting thing happen with my oldest daughter. She was playing with a couple ofContinue Reading
What is Media Literacy?
On the first day of #SXSWedu I went to a panel session around media literacy. The panel consisted of educatorsContinue Reading
A Look Back: Bold Predictions for 2018
Making predictions isn’t easy folks. Let’s face it, even Miss Cleo sometimes got her prognostications incorrect. Every year as theContinue Reading
Technology Fear Therapy for Parents and Schools
Just in time for the Halloween season comes this post inspired by Wes Fryer (@wfryer). A few months ago IContinue Reading