Kids Helping Kids Results
#edtech This past year some my fifth grade students participated in an 80s cover band in which they only played iPads as instruments. They did it as part of a fundraising project to help end child...
View ArticleWhy my school uses Atomic Learning – reason 46
#edtech #edchat #atomiclearning They’re always fresh, never stale. With education reform being such a hot-button topic in our country, us edtech people are being constantly sucked into the mix of...
View ArticleiPad iBand Performing This Saturday
The Bethke Elementary School’s iPad iBand called Totally NEON is set to perform this Saturday at the DPS iPad Symposium in Denver. Here’s a link to the promo video:...
View ArticleiPad band rocks Denver
#edtech #ipaded My 5th grade iPad band, Totally Neon, performed at the 2nd Annual iPad Symposium. Here a short video of their performance. Related posts: 2nd Annual DPS iPad Symposium #edtech #ipaded...
View ArticleMr. Flick’s Tech Badges: Take 2
#edtech #edchat As many of you know, last year I tried to flip my tech classroom for 4th and 5th graders and have them earn badges for the tech skills they needed to acquire while still in elementary...
View ArticleSummer Professional Development Series: Collaborating with a Global Community
#edtech #atomiclearning Are you looking for ways to connect your classroom to the rest of the world? Whether you would like to find internet pen pals (keyboard pals?) or you just want to introduce your...
View ArticleiPad band rocks Denver
#edtech #ipaded My 5th grade iPad band, Totally Neon, performed at the 2nd Annual iPad Symposium. Here a short video of their performance. Related posts: 2nd Annual DPS iPad Symposium #edtech #ipaded...
View ArticleMandatory Assessment – Student Motivation Video: TCAP Baby! – Funny
#edtech #edchat The other day I got together with my fellow elementary teachers to film a funny video to help motivate our students to take the TCAP assessment test. The video took off and went viral...
View ArticleGreat Presentation at ASCD
#edtech #ascd13 #atomiclearning If you are going to ASCD in Chicago, I’llsee you there. Don’t forget to stop by booth #541 and chat with my friends from Atomic Learning, Susan and Chris about some of...
View ArticleASCD Report 1
#ascd13 #edtech Getting great info from the exhibitor at the ASCD Conference. Everybody is talking how their products align with the Common Core. Related posts: Great Presentation at ASCD #edtech...
View ArticleASCD Report 2
#ascd13 #edtech Waiting for the opening session to start. This room is huge! Education for the 21st century – Creating a climate of success for all students. Related posts: ASCD Report 1 #ascd13...
View ArticleEdcamp Invades ASCD – Shhhhhh!
#edcamprogue #ascd13 #edchat Educational heretics unite! Which is what happened yesterday at around 4:00 pm at the ASCD conference in Chicago. While others in Chicago were preparing for an evening of...
View ArticleThe Dark Side of BYOD
#edtech #mlearning At first, you might wonder what any of this has to do with technology in schools, but bear with me, it should all make sense by the end. This past week I was caught by something that...
View Article5th Grade 80′s iPad Band
#edtech #edchat #mlearning #ipaded Here are some videos from their rehearsal the other day… Related posts: Video: Student iPad iBand rehearsal week 3 #ipaded #mlearning #edtech Here are my 5th grade...
View ArticleSuccessful Technology Adoption: Strategies and Stories
#edtech I just finished a run through rehearsal for next week’s webinar. Check out the info sheet…...
View ArticleWebinar Today: Successful Technology Adoption: Strategies and Stories
#edtech #edchat Well I’ve got the slides and the stories all ready for today’s webinar on how the teachers in my building adopt technology into their everyday lessons. In today’s webinar you will hear...
View ArticleEnd of year push for Edtech Badges
#edtech #atomiclearning My students are in their final few weeks of school and they are on fire to earn as many of our new edtech badges as possible before we break for summer. The edtech badges...
View ArticleBringing Social Stories to Life Workshop
#edtech #atomiclearning #edchat My friends over at Atomic Learning are offering this online training workshop that explores the different technologies you can use to bring new life to social stories in...
View ArticleTech Badges Program Year 2 Successful Start
#edtech #atomiclearning Well the kids came back to school and the new and revised tech badges program is up and running smoothly. The kids are excited at the possibilities of earning the tech badges...
View ArticleWe Stopped to Look at the Stars
Note: I have been asked to include the story of how the Los Quinchos orphanages got started in Nicaragua so here is a story I edited and adapted for my elementary students. Each year my students help...
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