*Somehow this just now got posted…whoops 🙂 Well, the last day of the ISTE conference is on us and these are the last sessions that we will be in until next summer (hopefully next summer). I started my day off with the Globalearner, Alan November and his discussion about #1st5days. …
Once again ISTE delivers – Kevin Carroll of Katalyst fame was the keynote speaker this morning and man what a story of inspiration! Some key take aways for me were: Do amazing magical things; Use Play; That Play is as important as eating, sleeping, and drinking; Play is serious business …
It started off really early, super excited to have a table session at ISTE! Up late and couldn’t sleep, so at 5:30 this morning I headed to the hotel fitness area and got in a four mile run. The breakfast area wasn’t open for Kristina and I yet, so we …
My colleagues and I started our journey to ISTE yesterday and had the good fortune to not feel so rushed by the trip. And since we are in Atlanta it was a great opportunity to see my little brother. After arriving and getting settled in, Jeremy picked us up and …
Ok – so I’m just barely not a newbie for this. Last year was my first ISTE conference. This event changed my entire professional career: I went from being interested in how educational technology can impact learning to applying to graduate school to get a PhD in education technology. There …
I teach and am proud to do so. Â At the risk of being just a little self-serving – I think I am pretty damn good at it! Â I try super hard to form relationships with my students. Â To really get to know them. Â To understand them and what is going …
It seems that over the past several years, going back to No Child Left Behind, we have increasingly started using the phrase “Failure is Not an Option.” Â My question is why are we allowing students to be stuck in this mode? Â What happened to being able to make a mistake …
An Open Letter About My 2nd Family, I want to take a few minutes of your time and talk about my family away from home: the Edmond Memorial Girls Soccer team. Â What a super wild ride – and it was super fun. Â We, I mean they, started off the year …
It’s my fault…I should have done a lot more of this earlier, but for the first time in my teaching career, I have been actively following all of the different items in my legislature. I have emailed and tweeted different politicians this year for the first time. I participated in …
As if one blog page wasn’t enough, I have started a second one, haseledtech.wordpress.com – I wanted to have a spot that would give a little more room for me to explore some of the wonders of #edtech and a place to post podcasts of kids/faculty in my school. I …