Wednesday, February 5, 2014, I presented this presentation at the Texas Computer Educator Association (TCEA) convention in Austin, Texas. I was so fortunate to have an initial large response due to the fact that my session started at noon when most people head out for lunch. It got loud during the transition time so if […]

Many of know I have begun to assist Dr. Jason Ampel of The Learning Liaisons with his webinar program. He is hosting a SAT Bootcamp the next four Thursdays. If you would like more information you can view the SAT Bootcamp page at TheLearningLiaisons.com. We had one session already with several students attending a fantastic […]

I just finished writing my first book for educators and would like some feedback from those who have already done so. I haven’t decided to try to send it to publishers or to self-publish via one of many avenues like Amazon or Lulu. For those who went the publisher route, I would love your feedback […]

This week is "Virtual Education Connected Educators Week" for the Special Interest Group Virtual Education (SIGVE). There are many fantastic events that you can still participate and I have posted the events below from the email I received announcing this special week’s sessions. Wednesday, March 12 at 9 pm ET #gamemooc tweetchat Collaboration between SIGVE […]

Friday, March 14, 2014, was considered ‘Pi Day’ and teachers celebrated by doing all kinds of learning activities in mathematics classes. Tons of activities were shared on Twitter and blog posts around the Internet. I recently received an email about a ‘sweet’ deal for math teachers. PBS LearningMedia has put together a collection of math […]

PBS has teamed up with the International Paper Foundation to provide resources, lesson plans and information about teaching environmental issues. Students, or EcoInvestigators, will work in teams completing inquiry based learning activities and expand their environmental knowledge by researching, investigating and developing solutions for environmental issues facing society today. Additionally, the first 100 teachers to […]

I am trying to revitalize the things I am doing by reinventing myself, blogging and writing a book (which is being edited/revised at this moment). When you are reading a blog post via email, do you prefer to get the whole blog post or visit the blog to read the post? Do most bloggers have […]

If you haven’t checked out the free FableVision (FV) resources lately I highly encourage you to do so. FV does make some great software and you can download free trials to see how your students engage with the content. Additionally, there is an area of free resources for teachers to download, print and share with […]

Today when I was browsing through the iTunes App Store, I discovered that Microsoft (MS) has released a FREE version of the MS Office Suite including PowerPoint. When I present at conferences, I want to pare down the equipment I take with to use to present and am able to do that now on the […]

In this blog post, I wrote about noticing that the Microsoft (MS) Office Suite apps for the iPad were free in the iTunes App Store. Boy was I wrong! I logged in and noticed you had to have a subscription to Office 365 which is fee based and not free. Thanks to Peter Vogel on […]