I Lost My Chops

Read all the way to the end. This is a short post. Demo Day Mr.  Guiles is a fantastic teacher at Lone Hill Middle School. While he and I are fairly matched on our interest in EdTech, we each have our own strongholds of knowledge. So it’s simultaneously relaxing...

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...

2>1

One of the many benefits of my new position is the exposure to tons of new perspectives. There are 460+ teachers in Bonita USD, and I follow roughly 160 on Twitter from around the world. (The overlap is about seven people. I’m working on that.) Conferences and...

Good Ideas

Here’s what’s happening. Music Cues A teacher, previously averse to new tech tools, installed iTunes and added my collection of Music Cues to it. She’s planning on using a few to start up, then adding more as she gets more comfortable. That exact...

#GTAATX Application

Together with John Stevens and Karl Lindgren-Streicher, I’ve been brainstorming an interesting way to apply for the Google Teacher Academy for months. As of August, our plan was a rap with a beat we composed, referencing each other in our videos and starring in...