Stage a Well-Designed Saturday Session and They Will Come!
Back in 1996 (wow, that was a LONG time ago), I wrote an article for publication in Technology Connections (3(3): 13 14) magazine. The article? Stage a Well Designed Saturday Se
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eSchool News Publishes Writing
Over the past few years, I've often remarked that my experiences in education fuel my writing. The reason why is that writing helps me make sense of the world around me, as well as
A Blogger's Wit
In an astonishing Blast from the Past (that is, republished blog entries from Doug "Blue Skunk Blog" Johnson), Doug points out the following:
Duh...PortableApps Platform free awesome
Did you know about Portable Apps? I did but I didn't know one exciting aspect of it that has just changed how I do stuff. First, here's a little about…
Backup Your Google Drive
As I mentioned in a previous blog entry, there are a variety of solutions for getting your Google Drive content out of one location and putting it into another. One that I had hear
Technology and Water Scarcity
Looking forward to an article being published in this magazine's TechTake section (towards the back of the magazine). INSIGHT is the association's professional quarterly journal
Happy Co-existence
In education, it's difficult to imagine being rude. It's unprofessional. Yet, sometimes, we need to be direct, to say the hard thing. Too many tools in your toolbox can be just a j
Revisiting Cloud Solutions: Enboard Launches New & Improved SSO Portal
Note: This is an updated version to a blog entry I wrote awhile back.
Memories: Stop Digital Privacy Violations & Writing-Technology Connection
My co worker at TCEA, Susan Meyer, was kind enough to share a digital copy of my recent TechEdge article (in the FINAL ever print version of TechEdge) with me. It's hard to believe
Google Plus - What a Pain.
You know, I hate to be a curmudgeon, but it's my prerogative, isn't it? Can you guess why?
Featuring Digital Learning's Blogs of Note @teachingtimes
Special thanks to the editors of Digital Learning for including Around the Corner in their publication! This is a special moment as we approach 5.7M views of content here at Aro
Applied Digital Skills
This past weekend, I had the opportunity to satisfy my curiosity about Google's Applied Digital Skills. Of course, I had already written about it in my TCEA hosted, [5E Modeling
Assessing Learning
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to write a blog entry on " Effectively Assessing Digital Learning ." The story started easy enough:
Featuring Coding for Non-Coding Educators
On Wednesday, November 28, 2018, I'm looking forward to listening to James D. Turnage . The topic? Coding Activities for the Non Techy Teacher.
Writing About the 5E Model Plus ISTE Standards
What fun it is to write blog entries about the 5E Lesson Plan model. Since I became an ISTE Certified Educator, I've had fun blending ISTE
Meet the @TripleEFrame work edtech @
A long time proponent of educational frameworks, I learned about a new one. It's not every day that an educational framework is born. If you're not sure…
PBS KLRN Offers Free Professional Learning 10/24/18
This email arrived in my inbox earlier this week...
Bypassing Your Resident Technology Control Freak
As I was poking around on my Facebook account, this popped onto my screen:
Discarded Toy? Facebook
As any parent knows, your children will play with a few toys at first, then when a new toy arrives or as time goes by, the toy is forgotten. This happened often with our first chil
Fire Kindling
A few years ago, I noticed that my energy level dipped. Ok, it slumped. I found myself unable to crawl up to the second floor of the house, much less crank…
Gone To Texas: Flipgrid
Isn't it amazing? The Team Flipgrid folks are coming to Texas next week. I'm going to detail their info in the blog post below. If I mention certain FREE TEXAS CONFERENCES, I'm not
October Dreams: Chromebook LTE or Surface Go
[youtube Samsung just announced an LTE version of the Chromebook Plus V2
Overcoming the Imposter Syndrome
Some time ago, I ran across a website that inspired me. It encouraged me to explore the micro:bit a bit more. One way of exploring the concept was to adapt other workshop materials
Restricting Google Sites Access
Does anyone have a way to password protect a Google Site page? Our music teacher wants to share music, but respect copyright laws. I would recommend…