New Rules for CTOs: Trumping Leadership
“History is always written by the winners. When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books books which glorify…
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School Hopping - Good for Anyone?
"Hey, Tom," I said, "How have you been?" I ran into the principal in the foyer of the technology building, his smile catching me like a deer in the headlights. I'm not good with pu
Welcome Back to School! Did you Secure Your Firearm?
Every time there is a deplorable, heinous mass shooting, we see a variety of perspectives trotted out about gun control. In the past, I've made every effort to keep my mouth shut a
Monitor Your Animoto?
In a disappointing turn of events, Animoto (link to their blog where I don't see anything mentioned about the data breach or email....hmm), the dar
Stunning Images - Free Site
If you're like me, you are always on the lookout for awesome websites that provide copyright free, or creative commons copyright images that can be re used.…
Using Google Photos for Aggregating and Sharing School Event Images
Check out my latest blog entry over at TCEA's TechNotes blog. Here's the lead:
Chromebook Extensions for Early Learners
Curious about what Chrome extensions you can find? In this blog entry, I share a few that support math and language
Five Tips for CTOs at the Start of School
As I look back on my years as a technology director, and director of instructional technology, several points come to mind. In the rush at the start of a school year, it's easy to
Listening to Blog Entries at Anchor.fm edtech edtechchat
Anchor.fm is an awesome space to share short (or long) podcasts. One of the ways that I use it is to add audio to blog entries I write over at TCEA. What's neat about Anchor.fm is
5E Lesson Planning with GoogleEDU Stuff
Are you ready to embrace the 5E Lesson Planning Model? I've written a few blog entries about the 5E Lesson Planning Model
Building Connections
Every other day, I'll get an email from someone looking for advice (I also get two or three spam emails or releases from PR professionals trying to let me know about something unre
Edcamp EduMatch - August 4th txed edtech edtechchat
Great announcement came out earlier this week...
Google Drive Cleaner
Wouldn't you use a tool that saves you money? I was shocked that I managed to save 21+ gigs of space in Google Drive using the Google Drive Cleaner
Hacks for Google Docs Users
When I chat with friends and colleagues, we often share tips on how we're using various technologies. Since so many folks I know use Google Docs, I find myself helping them out and
Keep Infographics Simple
In this blog entry I share a bit about my experiences with making infographics. How much fun it is to go through the process with a roomful of fun educators at a recent conference.
Keeping Track & Synching Bookmarks
Since I work on several different computers (e.g. GNU/Linux, Windows) and browsers (e.g. Torch, Chrome, Firefox), I often wish all my bookmarks were in
Keynote Turns into Learning Opportunity coding stem
A few months ago, I had the chance to keynote a conference held at Houston Baptist University (HBU). Special thanks to Dr. Dawn Wilson and Dr. Katie Alaniz for the invitation to sp
Make Text Bigger
Did you read my TCEA blog entry on making text bigger on the screen? Facilitating a session in San Angelo, I took advantage of a few ways to share my resource links with others. Th
Personalized Learning Research
When new research came out recently about personalized learning, I was inspired to write a blog entry that summarized the research but also aligned existing blog entries to each sp
Seesaw PD in Your PJs - Webinars txed edtech
Join us for free online training sessions and learn about Seesaw from the comfort of your couch! In August we have more than 20 sessions across all grade…
Hacking STEM Summer Workshop - Houston - Register by Friday 7/18/18 STEM txed edtech
Be an education change agent and join a Hacking STEM Summer Workshop near you!
A Few of My Favorite Tales
So here are my picks of stories I have listened to, or that I am listening to. I'm not going to give you a long winded book review. These are great stories…
NOTatISTE
It's always amazing to me to see how social media tools have been leveraged to bring big conferences to the world for free. I remember my first efforts to do this in Texas, and I'm
Blog Roundup: Tales from the Field GoogleEDU MIEExpert CTO txed edchat
Over the last few months (January through June, 2018), I've had a chance to crank out a few blog entries over at the TCEA TechNotes blog. I thought it