Every day, millions of students engage with computers and tablets for learning purposes. Teachers spend hours monitoring the progress of these students, ensuring that they stay on task by using either proximity monitoring or an MDM. To accomplish this, Google products are often favored by schools as they allow easy collaboration and seamless incorporation withContinue reading “Google Docs: A New Way to be Cyberbullied”
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How A School Administrator Can Deal With Unexpected Hiccups
Principals plan for every possible situation that can happen during a regular school day. By doing so, they can prepare to pivot on a dime to meet the current needs of staff, students, parents, and the school at large. Principals worth their salt can quickly organize recess on a rainy day, serve lunch when theContinue reading “How A School Administrator Can Deal With Unexpected Hiccups”
5 Ways Today’s Parents Are Different Than Our Parent’s Generation
I am lucky that I get to see both side of the educational world when it comes to working with parents. As an educator, I get to see the perspective of teachers and administrators and how hard they work in the best interest of their students. As a parent of two school-aged children, I getContinue reading “5 Ways Today’s Parents Are Different Than Our Parent’s Generation”
5 Ways To Use Technology at Open House
It is Open House season! Every year at this time, teachers invite parents into classrooms to view student work, projects, and to share successes from the year. This year, spice it up a bit. By the time that parents get to the upper elementary grades, they have seen it all. All Open Houses will blend togetherContinue reading “5 Ways To Use Technology at Open House”
5 Ways for Educators to Use Social Media
Social media has changed the way that we approach communication and networking. Educators around the world are learning and sharing together. While many educators have taken to social media like a fish to water, there is still some resistance and anxiety. Most of this anxiety comes from not knowing what to post or how to connect.Continue reading “5 Ways for Educators to Use Social Media”
Rethinking Access To Technology In Schools and At Home
I have been very fortunate to work with educators around the country over the past ten years who work in a variety of geographical areas with varying socio-economic degrees. We all agree that advances in technology have greatly aided the educational process, helping us to differentiate instruction as well as bring content to life inContinue reading “Rethinking Access To Technology In Schools and At Home”
5 Ways to Increase Communication With Parents
We all know that great schools have strong communication protocols with parents. The research is quite clear that children benefit when educators and parents are in constant communication with one another. However, among secondary school parents, 66 percent do not agree that teachers keep them informed about classroom activities, events and requirements (National School PublicContinue reading “5 Ways to Increase Communication With Parents”
The Principal's Desk 