Good morning all, With the NJDOE and just about every other state department of education talking about the importance of globally connected (aka ‘flattened’) classrooms, many districts are trying to figure out exactly what that means and how to get there. Let’s face it: our time i...

Good morning all, It’s hard to believe it’s been more than three (!) years since I last blogged about kbears.com, a terrific, free, colorful and highly animated resource site for elementary students. I recently heard from the site owners via email, and checked it out again … it has...

Good morning all, Thanks to a tip from my supervisor, Dr. Carol Ferguson, I learned that on Friday, the NJDOE released their proposed changes to the Core Curriculum Content Standards (NJCCCS). Literally oozing with references to the future, global collaboration and digital technologies, these propos...

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” - Charles Dickens As my daughter Holly and I walked into Room 301, Marcie Hull’s classroom at the Science Leadership Academy, home of EduCon 2.1, we were feeling pretty good. Our presentation was ready, our co-presenters ...

Good morning all! When you follow as many people on Twitter as I do, it’s hard to catch ALL the great resources people share. Fortunately, I happened to be in the right place at the right time yesterday and saw Tom Barrett of Nottingham, England send a tweet about “Myths and Legends Stor...

A final update and reflection for those interested, everyone else … move along, there’s nothing to see here… ;-) Today was the fourth and final day of our project and we headed into it in OUTSTANDING shape. All groups had recorded their team videos; all we had to do was assemble th...

We’re two days into our four-day project and I thought I’d give an update for those interested… Pre-lesson preparation was nearly perfect, or so I thought. Unbeknownst to me, Mrs. Notaro, the Third Grade classroom teacher, had done this very same project last year. Incredible coinc...

[Image credit - NASA; metaphor credit - Kenyon Cummings, session participant] Six educators (two elementary, two middle, one high and one college) … talking about our schools … teaching and learning … technology … and the power of networks … during “Happy HourR...

Good morning all, As schools in many parts of the world head into winter / holiday recess, it’s easy to guess that kids will spending at least some of their free time online. What sites will they visit? What will they do once there? Will it all be play or will there be learning opportunities a...

Good morning all, I’ve had some great conversations lately with colleagues in my school about our kids’ abilities (or lack thereof) regarding web searches and gathering/processing information for reports (about animals, New Jersey counties, the Solar System, you name it.) As we’ve ...