Over the course of the next couple of days at my school we are requiring that all students in the 1:1 laptop program permanently change their computer settings. As a school we are going to require that each and every student in the 7th and 8th grade have their Remote Login and Remote Management boxes [...]

After months of planning, the Shanghai Student Film Festival proved to be one of the most rewarding experiences of this teacher’s career. Why? The number of students from international schools across Shanghai and across the world that were able to participate and be a part of this event were inspiring to me. Elementary students, middle [...]

As we move into full swing for our 1:1 planning at my school, we find ourselves in the position of celebrating and over-communicating about what we’ve been able to achieve with a laptop cart program. I decided to use prezi as it’s like a Keynote, but it’s much more dynamic to share those big picture [...]

This is cross-posted on Some Tech Sense. I’ve always loved Wordle and I can’t help but love this too! It’s actually very timely as I prepare for my presentation to my staff about Developing a Personal Learning Network. Thanks to Langwitches for the connection to TwitterSheep! Here is my word cloud created from the bios [...]

I love the middle school that I work in because we have both elective classes AND a decent advisory program. Both give kids the opportunity to connect with adult mentors, which builds trust. My elective kids this quarter knew nothing about podcasting. The technology is not what scared them in the beginning… surprising me! They [...]

My closest friends are always telling me to take time to reflect…. so here I go. I reflect…. I have been so amazingly busy. I know, I know we are all busy, but this pace is incredible! Being a Technology Integration Specialist has given me the opportunity to have my hand in just about every [...]