Recommended iPad Apps for Administrators
My team of elementary principals has agreed to purchase iPads. If we expect teachers to use technology with the purpose of improving pedagogy and learning, we need to model it. The fact that I...
View ArticleFeedback After an Evernote and iPad Workshop
I recently hosted a one hour technology session for district staff. The topic: Using Evernote on the iPad to Confer With and Assess Readers. Afterward, I emailed each participant a survey via Google...
View ArticleUsing Evernote to Confer with Readers and Writers
On January 31, I shared with several teachers about the possibilities of using Evernote to document student learning in literacy. Led by Amber Garbe (@ReadattheEDGE), this group of reading teachers...
View ArticleWhy I Struggle with Data Walls
What is your opinion on data walls? My perspective is that data walls have several limitations. First, data walls are usually comprised of mostly summative and formal assessment data. Conferring notes...
View ArticleUsing Technology to Personalize Learning in Elementary Schools
On Tuesday, October 15 at 4 P.M. CST, I am co-facilitating a webinar for Education Week. You can register for the free webinar here:...
View ArticleUse Post-Its + Evernote For Ongoing Literacy Assessment
Evernote has partnered with Post-it notes. How could this apply to the classroom? Primarily, it can allow a teacher to digitize any notes they might write about their students on a Post-it into an...
View ArticleUsing Evernote for Literacy Instruction
This screencast was created to present four ideas for how teachers and students can use Evernote during the K-5 literacy block. The content shared here started our staff’s fourth and final tech night...
View ArticleThree Ways to Use Evernote in Action Research
We are very familiar with Evernote in our school. Our staff collects, organizes and shares out student work in the form of digital portfolios with this application via iPads. Parents can see their...
View ArticleGoogle or Evernote: Which Tool Do You Prefer for Capturing Student Learning?
This question, in so many words, was asked by Cathy Mere. She is wondering about the same thing that I am, and maybe you are too. Here is my response: photo credit: melenita2012 via photopin cc I have...
View ArticleDigital Walkthroughs: Use Skitch to Capture, Advance, and Celebrate Learning
School leaders: Every time we enter a classroom, we don’t have to sit down and commence with a ten minute formal walkthrough. Instead, consider using a photo app such as Skitch to take a picture of...
View ArticleThree Ways to Provide Feedback for Digital Student Writing
No discipline has experienced a greater impact from technology than writing. Photo credit: Unsplash Blogs, tweets, multimedia timelines, posts, texts…all of these short forms of writing have come about...
View ArticleWhen Technology Isn’t Necessary (and maybe not even nice) #edtechchat...
For the past three years, I have made a point of conducting instructional walks in classrooms on a regular basis. The purpose of my walks is to provide feedback for the teacher about their practice, as...
View ArticleUsing Evernote to Confer with Readers and Writers
On January 31, I shared with several teachers about the possibilities of using Evernote to document student learning in literacy. Led by Amber Garbe (@ReadattheEDGE), this group of reading teachers...
View ArticleWhy I Struggle with Data Walls
What is your opinion on data walls? My perspective is that data walls have several limitations. First, data walls are usually comprised of mostly summative and formal assessment data. Conferring notes...
View ArticleUse Post-Its + Evernote For Ongoing Literacy Assessment
Evernote has partnered with Post-it notes. How could this apply to the classroom? Primarily, it can allow a teacher to digitize any notes they might write about their students on a Post-it into an...
View ArticleProductivity Tools: What Do You Use?
My goal as a school leader this year is to become more organized. One of my colleagues was surprised when I shared this goal, mentioning that I was an “organizational freak”. While I appreciated her...
View ArticleWhy I Struggle with Data Walls
What is your opinion on data walls? My perspective is that data walls have several limitations. First, data walls are usually comprised of mostly summative and formal assessment data. Conferring notes...
View ArticleUse Post-Its + Evernote For Ongoing Literacy Assessment
Evernote has partnered with Post-it notes. How could this apply to the classroom? Primarily, it can allow a teacher to digitize any notes they might write about their students on a Post-it into an...
View ArticleDigital Walkthroughs: Use Skitch to Capture, Advance, and Celebrate Learning
School leaders: Every time we enter a classroom, we don’t have to sit down and commence with a ten minute formal walkthrough. Instead, consider using a photo app such as Skitch to take a picture of...
View ArticleSilent Reading vs. Independent Reading: What’s the Difference? (plus digital...
During a past professional development workshop, the consultant informed us at one point to end independent reading in our classrooms. “It doesn’t work.” (discrete sideway glances at each other)...
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