What’s Missing?

This tweet caught my eye last week. @mr_stadel @robertkaplinsky @Jstevens009 @MrVaudrey do you guys think you would be more effective coaches if you taught one period a day? — Tim McCaffrey (@timsmccaffrey) November 14, 2014 Three things on that. 1.) I’d be a...

A Week in the Life

School started Monday. For the first time in nigh a decade, I didn’t welcome students into Mr. Vaudrey’s class with a handshake and a smile. I didn’t take roll and ask each student how to pronounce their name and “Do you prefer Bernardino or...

The Myth of the Digital Native

Attention, Administrators: I have some news. The term “Digital Native”, while creative, isn’t an accurate representation of young students. Because I liked being included as a “Digital Immigrant” (an equally cute term), I bought into the...

Cheese Crackers – iPad Pics

There was one more tech integration on the Cheese Cracker Square Root Showdown. Students in the iPad class were prompted to explain (via picture) the lesson to the next class. They took a picture, edited in Skitch, then uploaded to the class DropBox folder. Some of...