Today, December 2nd, at midnight EST is the last day to nominate a blog/site for the Edublog Awards (#eddies11). Our webinar series, Classroom 2.0 LIVE, was nominated last year and we won first runner up and were greatly honored to be nominated and to have won among some stiff competitors. The Edublog Awards is a fun [...]

This is a great time of year if you have little ones that are eagerly awaiting Santa’s arrival Christmas Eve! In addition to taking them to talk with Santa at the mall as has been the tradition for a number of years, there are a variety of ways that children can interact with Santa Claus electronically. There [...]

It is time to vote for the Edublogs Awards again! Please vote for me/us in the following categories: * My blog -  Best ed tech resource sharing blog - http://edublogawards.com/2011-3/best-ed-tech-resource-sharing-blog-2011/ Voting is open until 11:59 PM US EST on Tuesday, December 13th with the winners announced at the Edublog Awards ceremony on the 14th at 7pm [...]

The 2011 K12 Online Conference came to a close tonight with an AfterGlow live event tonight. The recording link will soon be posted on the K12 Online Conference blog. There was a great representation of presenters and viewers tonight. We got into a discussion about the theme ‘purposeful play’ and how many in education view [...]

2011 Reflection Smackdown http… http://t.co/hjXS8k7d

I am sure you have heard the old joke, "What is black and white and red/read all over?" Answer: a newspaper! Well, the same joke/riddle can apply to QR codes as well. A QR code is a bar code as shown in the black and white bar code to the right. It is considered a [...]

If you attended TCEA in Austin recently, you may have noticed the abundance of mobile devices people were using to participate in sessions, workshops or just walking around the convention center and at social events. I presented a session on using cell phones in the classroom that had over 200 participants join me in the [...]

As an educator for the past 20 plus years, I am definitely not in this career for the money. Yes, I need money to pay bills and would love to be frequently requested speaker or published author that makes a living where money is not a concern for my family members. But some times I [...]

Come Join the TX DEN for our first Tweet Chat Appy Hour on Twitter ~ Tuesday, March 20th, 2012 at 6pm CST with hashtag #appyhour. During this fun hour of learning, the TX DEN will lead discussions on using Apps effectively throughout the content areas in k-12 education. While its important to know the best [...]

I recently received an email stating that March is designated as ‘National March into Literacy Month’ and included a great infographic that I wanted to share with everyone. The purpose of this initiative is to, The month of March is considered National "March into Literacy" Month, and was created to promote reading among children. Literacy [...]