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Visually Organize Your Office

I visually organize my office and my tasks. Recently, I created this video to give you some tips on how I organize my office visually, and in particular, my social media activities. I hope this helps those of you who struggle with routine.

If you’re visual (like me), you might forget to check that box in your app. You will not forget things that are in your face. Let me know if you have a visual method of organizing your office that you’d like to share!

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A 3 Step Collaborative Brainstorming Process (Tools & Tips)

How can students brainstorm collaboratively using technology.On page 177 of Reinventing Writing, I discuss collaborative brainstorming and why it is used. There are many tools that you can use. I’ll share with you how my students create ideas for an app that they will program in Crescerance. I’m a huge believer in prewriting but also in brainstorming and planning. (See Thrash Early for why this is so important.)

Collaborative Brainstorming Step 1: Ideation: Create Ideas with the Group (Padlet)...

Interviewed by Craig Kemp #whatisschool cofounder [Video]

A few weeks a go I spent time with Craig Kemp for a quick 15 minute talk about teaching and more. This interview was at the end of a very long day but I found Craig to be a great interviewer. (Kinda interesting after doing all the shows I do now being on the other side of the questions!)

I hope you’ll follow Craig’s blog and get to know him on Twitter. He is part of the powerful #whatisschool chat on Twitter.

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What is Mystery Skype? 7 Steps to get Started [Link]

What is Mystery Skype? 7 Steps to get Started














Craig Kemp

November 16, 2014

Level up a little every day. You can do it!

Mystery Skype (or Mystery Hangout) is a quick high-impact way to get people talking positively about technology and your classroom. It is one of the easiest ways to connect globally and start on your journey of collaborating globally on a massive scale. It is simple enough that every single teacher can do it.

Craig Kemp has written a super simple guide to get started. Remem...

Lachlan hears for the first time [Video]

So, today as you’re thankful, here’s a precious video you’ll love. This beautiful little 7 week old baby boy named Lachlan had severe hearing loss. Watch his reaction when he gets his first hearing aids and he can hear. Your hearing, your sight, everything around you- this life is such a gift. Be so thankful today! Happy Thanksgiving!

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The School Teacher who Helped Charles Schulz See the Light

Mashable has a touching story of the correspondence between Charles Schulz, author of the Peanut comic strip, and LA Schoolteacher Harriet Glickman. Glickman was upset that Peanuts, Schulz’s comic strip wasn’t integrated.The letters they wrote and the dialog show the signs of the times. In her first letter, Glickman poured out her heart.

“I believe it will be another generation before the kind of open friendship, trust and mobility will be an accepted part of our lives.”

At first Schulz respond...

CoolCatTeacher’s Top Tech Gifts, Tips, and Hacks [Link]

CoolCatTeacher’s Top Tech Gifts, Tips, and Hacks














Edutopia

November 21, 2014

So you want to give a tech gift? Technology can be tricky but it doesn’t have to be expensive. Here are tips, tricks, and hacks to give great tech gifts.In this article I wrote for Edutopia, I will help you figure out:

How to Share Apps, Movies, and More on iTunes
Get Free family shipping from Amazon
Gift actual books, music, and movies from your favorite service (and one that won’t let you.)
The gadgets I recommend t...

I Dare You To Be There: Remember Who You Are!

Remembering who I am

I am not an avatar nor am I an id

I am not my Twitter nor my online identity

I am not my LinkedIn and my blog isn’t me

I’m a mom and a teacher in all simplicity.

Tis easy to get caught up in “being something” more

when what I am to be is often the two feet on my floor.

No one else can hug my kids nor wipe a wet tear

love the unlovely or calm the raw fear.

The pressure from “somewhere” to be some kind of star

is deceiving and distracting from helping us be who we are.

Balance, perspe...

What are #AcWriMo #DigiWriMo #NanoGenMo #NaNoWriMo ? [Link]

What are #AcWriMo #DigiWriMo #NanoGenMo #NaNoWriMo ?














Prof Hacker: The Chronicle of Higher Education

November 12, 2014

The discipline it takes to put your derriere in the chair and write has become a cooperative effort every November. Learn about the current group efforts. If you’re on Twitter or Instagram or anywhere that uses hashtags, you might be curious about all this Mo stuff going on! Beginning with #NaNoWriMo – “National Novel Writing Month”it seems like everyone is writing in Nove...

New Chevrolet Educator Discount #sponsored #thankateacher

Things are tight for educators everywhere. Not many educators are getting raises and many jobs are being cut back.I think Chevrolet’s new Educator Discount programcan help many of you who are looking to buy a new vehicle. This program is open not just to teachers but to any educators in public, private or higher-ed. So, as you shop, make sure you go to the Chevrolet website and fill out the form to get your discount.

On top of the discounts that Chevrolet regularly runs, they have a new Educat...