Get To Know Joan McGettigan
Joan McGettigan and I met online before we ever met in person. When I finally got to meet Joan, it was during a tour of her school, North Broward …
Category: tech integration
Steve Dembo Brings Teach42 To a New Generation of Educators
Steve Dembo is one of the most knowledgeable, likeable, and approachable presenters I have ever had the privilege of calling a friend. He has presented multiple times at our …
Meet Aussie Kate Highfield; In Plain English
Kate is an Early Childhood education researcher from Sydney, Australia. I have not met Kate IRL, but the fact that she advocates for meaningful integration of technology in Early Childhood …
Terms of Service? Didn’t Read!
This post also appears on Huffington Post and on LeeKolbert.com An article published recently on The Washington Post shines a light on the fact that most teenagers who use Instagram …
Stop Using Your Teacher Voice! Audio Enhancement Offers Sound Field Solutions for Every Classroom
Audio Enhancement has been around for 38 years, providing audio system solutions to classrooms worldwide. Every classroom in my school district (Palm Beach Co.) has the Audio Enhancement sound-field system in …
Teaching Digital Literacy: Resources to Help Students Validate Online Information
by Mickey McFetridge – FETC Insider & Technology Integration Specialist for Springdale School District. Follow him on Twitter @MickMack629 Digital Literacy is a term that is growing ever more …
Intentional Use of Technology to Meet the Needs of all Learners in an Inclusive Classroom
Today’s classrooms use combinations of print and digital media plus attempt to reach students of different backgrounds, cultures, interests, and skills. Teachers are tasked with taming this chaos to achieve …
Student-run help desk saves money, time
A student-run technology help desk is engaging students, teaching job skills, providing better service and faster repairs, and saving time and money for the Beekmantown (N.Y.) Central School District. …
October 4 Chat: Privacy, Security, and Innovation
How can we safely use technology to prepare students for the rest of their lives? All too often fear is the driving force behind EdTech Policy — stifling the …
Touch as a Way of Seeing
By: Diana Petschauer, ATP and Dr. Luis Perez As important as personalizing learning is for all learners, it does not preclude the need to address barriers to learning for those …