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Today was a rough day, I’ll just admit that now. But something interesting happened today. A moment that hit me like a ton of bricks. All of us in education do incredible things, and many of the things that we do go completely unnoticed. We can even think about that in even our personal lives….
As we close out the second six weeks of our school year, I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting. My first six weeks was a complete disaster. I was a mess and it reflected on my students. And as I’ve looked back at the difference between my first and my second six weeks I noticed…
So I can’t believe I’m writing this…my hands are actually shaking as I write this…but I can FINALLY share my big news… ***DISCLAIMER: Per the White House’s request, I cannot take any interviews or have any part in ANY blog posts (outside of this one) with any entity until AFTER the official White House Press Release…
Man this week has been a WHIRLWIND for sure! So Monday we did our monthly Classroom Champions lesson (www.classroomchampions.org). As I’ve shared before, we’re learning from our athlete Joshua Sweeney as he prepares for the Winter Olympic Games. This month we learned about “Fair Play”. I started out by playing two games with kids that…
Welcome back to another post in our series about Augmented Reality! This week’s post is going to focus on some of the great apps that we have found that can be utilized in your classroom immediately to enhance your student’s learning experience! And please if we miss any Augmented Reality apps that you love, let…
I know I know I know….it’s been a few weeks since I’ve blogged about my classroom! Let me apologize! I’ve been learning my limits, and have taken on a little too much for the month of October haha. But here’s what’s been happening… So we’ve gotten to do a bunch of really great things the…
Augmented reality(AR) is a tool we believe is very powerful and a game changer, but we often field the question: Why use augmented reality? During this post we hope to answer this important question, as well as inspire you to start using augmented reality in your classroom, school, community, and more! Augmented reality promotes an…
Augmented Reality is something that has really taken off in the educational world as of late. There have been many who have tried to define exactly what Augmented Reality (AR) is. Is it just a fancy QR code? Can it really transform your student’s learning? What in the heck is AR? Our hope with this…
This week we started our first project. As you can tell from my last post (if you had a chance to read it), this week was kind of like our Genesis. It was us starting over. It was me starting again. I feel like I’m hitting my groove, I feel like I’m in my element…..to…
image courtesy of www.mediawebapps.com Wow. What a week this last week was. We took our first content exam this past week. It covered quite a bit of standards, but I felt relatively sure my students were ready for it. Now keep in mind, for the first time in my career, I spent the entire first…
Picture source: http://www.arlab.com/blog/augmented-reality-in-education/ Augmented Reality (AR) is a technology that has been around for decades but is just now filtering into the educational world. AR and its uses in education have become an extremely popular topic lately with articles on various respected educational websites. Drew Minock (@TechMinock) and I (@TechNinjaTodd) believe it is exciting…
I’m excited to be a part of RSCON this year! I will actually be presenting three sessions: On Sunday October 13th at 9:00am CST I will be presenting “Connecting YOU and Your Classroom Globally”. Building connections is important. This session will cover how YOU can become a connected educator via social platforms like twitter, but…
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