Using Social Media to Create a VIP System in Your Classroom

Every student wants to feel like a very important person, but the opportunities to become a classroom VIP often disappear once students leave the early primary grades. And…

Twitter Chats

I had the opportunity to participate in my first ever Twitter Chat this evening, put on by @BCEdChat all about parent involvement. It was a great way to…

Cyberbullying Lesson Plan Redesign

Take a look at the lesson Keely and I adapted and improved upon, found originally on Common Sense Education. It’s all about cyberbullying and being upstanders and allies,…

Social LEADia Chapter 1 Reflection

While reading Social LEADia: Moving Students from Digital Citizenship to Digital Leadership, Chapter 1, By: Jennifer Casa-Todd…   Something I learned was that the American Academy of Pediatrics actually…

Social Learning Communities

Social learning communities are changing the way people access, discuss, interpret, and create information. “Social learning” can be defined as a change in understanding that goes beyond the…

Opening the Books to Even More Knowledge Through Open Education

According to opensource.com “open education is a philosophy about the way people should produce, share, and build on knowledge.” Open education is something that I find both fascinating…

Opening the Books to Knowledge through Open Education

Open education is something that I find both exciting and fascinating. I think that it is a way to take away the financial restrictions and other barriers that…

What Good Can Come From Social Media?

I have always been the kind of person to constantly be connected, and I will be the first to admit that I spend far too much time on…

Has anyone seen my data and privacy?

Looking at data and privacy in technology was quite eye-opening for me. I have always known about big tech companies mining your personal information, and  I have seen…

Digital Web Tools that Support Different Modalities of Online Learning

Kahoot! Kahoot is an online, game-based learning platform, where users create, share, and play fun quizzes and trivia games. It can be accessed on a web browser, phone,…