The first Discovery Education Network (DEN) pre-teacher appreciation week gifts for those that are DEN STAR educators received notification of a whopper of a gift today! If you are not familiar with the DEN, the DEN is a global community of educators around the world that use Discovery Education resources and are committed to the [...]

Saturday, May 5th the Westside AzTEA chapter of Arizona’s ISTE is hosting a free virtual Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) conference that will be free and held in Blackboard Collaborate. My friend and fellow Classroom 2.0 LIVE co-host, Peggy George, is one of the virtual technology conference organizers. As usual, there will be [...]

  I received an email stating you could get an additional 12 gb of storage space through SugarSync if you get people to sign up for new accounts. SugarSync is similar to Dropbox, Box.com or Google Drive. I use a variety of services for online storage and sharing resources stored online. You can share folders, [...]

I was reading this article, "Out of the Box" by Judy Dutton in the October issue of Marie Claire and knew that I had to write a blog post about the contents of the article. The person featured in the article, Jodi Jill and her family lived a normal life with her sister and parents [...]

This is a great time of year if you have little ones that are eagerly awaiting Santa’s arrival Christmas Eve for them to contact Santa Claus online or receive a phone call from him! I am reprising this blog post from last year and have added some new ways to connect to Santa Claus using technology. [...]

Classroom 2.0 LIVE will turn four in January 2013! We are planning a special 2012 Year End Review and have invited all of the presenters, special guests, and each of you to join us for this commemorative event. The Classroom 2.0 LIVE weekly webinar series held in Blackboard Connect each Saturday at 12pm EST was [...]

To take the Shakespearean phrase, I pose the question to educators and administrators, "To Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) or not to BYOD?". To alleviate the need for computer equipment and mobile devices in the classroom, I am a huge proponent for students and staff to be allowed to bring their own device and use [...]

This past Saturday on Classroom 2.0 LIVE, Joe Dale from the UK, presented on using iPad apps in the classroom. We had over 112 people join us for his presentation and the hour long webinar was not long enough for him to share all the apps he wanted to and how he uses each app! [...]

Next week at the Texas Computer Educator Association (TCEA) convention in Austin, I will be presenting ‘Cell Phones as Instructional Tools’ on Wednesday, February 6th at 10:30am CST. My presentation is part of the Digital Square (formerly Web 2.0 Lounge area) manned by Scott Floyd of White Oak ISD in Texas. Last year I presented [...]

I recently received a legislative update from the Texas legislature about a bill securing funding for training for teachers to carry a concealed handgun on Texas  school campuses. According to an article from an NBC TV channel station in Dallas, the Lt. Governor of Texas is supporting this legislation. Reading, writing and revolvers could become [...]