Tag Archives: 1:1 computing

Small-group Skyping, Part 2: Peer & Personal Accountability

Today we had a great time introducing ourselves to Laura Oldham’s (@engltchrleo) new reading classes via Edmodo; our small-group Skyping cohort also happily reconnected with Karin Perry’s (@kperry) students to discuss James Dashner’s The Maze Runner.  We used 1:1 iPods Touch and m.Edmodo.com for our introductions; we gathered around Skype on a MacBook for our book [...]

Any free advice?

After reading Pam Moran (@pammoran) and Chad Ratliff’s (@chadratliff’s) coauthored posts about this year’s budget cycle, I’m asking myself, What’s my part? How do I shelter my vision of teaching and learning in the classroom?
First, let me say that money isn’t everything; however, it helps distribute the future more evenly. Best practices in teaching and [...]