Category Archives: Technology

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 togetherContinueContinue reading “5 Ways To Use Technology at Open House”

5 Ways To Smartly Purchase Educational Technology

Edtech is a multi-billion dollar business. Edtech purchases have increased 5 times over the past five years. However, are these purchases actually doing students any good where it counts? Are they actually benefitting students in the classroom? As a technology in schools advocate, I urge all educators to carefully research and purchase devices and programsContinueContinue reading “5 Ways To Smartly Purchase Educational Technology”

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.ContinueContinue reading “5 Ways for Educators to Use Social Media”

5 Ways to Avoid Being Boring in the Classroom

“The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.” I am willing to bet that many of the people that you share this quote with will agree with it. It seems to fit right in with the collective conscience ofContinueContinue reading “5 Ways to Avoid Being Boring in the Classroom”

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 inContinueContinue 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 PublicContinueContinue reading “5 Ways to Increase Communication With Parents”