Oct
29
2011
29
2011
The Parent Portal: The Pros and Cons of Transparent Gradebooks
The Parent Portal is now open. No, this isn’t some Dr. Who vortex waiting to suck away all parents who can't seem to drop their kids off on time. It’s the 24/7 online access to a teacher’s grade ...
Oct
23
2011
23
2011
How the Interactive Whiteboard is Really Ed Tech’s Laserdisk
I'm taking a class at Walden University right now, and a recent prompt asked us to identify a future technology. I took a moment to reflect on this country's current enthusiastic roll-out of Interactive Whiteboards, and why I feel ...
Oct
11
2011
11
2011
Free Tweenteacher Webinar: Moving Beyond the Bubble: 21st Century Assessments
On Monday, Oct 17, I will be presenting a free webinar for my publisher, Eye On Education. You can register here.
In it, I'll be sharing what I have learned about the upcoming Common Core standards and how they will ...
Oct
07
2011
07
2011
Huffington Post: “Student Tributes to Steve Jobs”
I just posted "Student Tributes to Steve Jobs" at The Huffington Post. His passing will be a "Where were you when?" moment that I felt my students needed to pause and acknowledge.
Wonka has left us with questions about his ...
