A few weeks ago my daughters and one of their friends had a lemonade stand as part of our neighborhood-wide yard sale. The day before that I Tweeted that I had to give a little economics lesson to my kids because we had spent $15...
OPEN Phys Ed is a resource that I've highlighted a bunch of times over the years. It's the website I'd be visiting every week if I was a physical education teacher. In fact, I like it so much I wore their t-shirt in my latest...
Last Friday I shared three more notes from ISTE Live. The third of those was that I Engageable was the only tech tool that I saw in the expo focusing on SEL and similar ideas about overall well-being of students and teachers. If you haven't...
Flip by Microsoft recently unveiled a slew of new features. Some of the new features are purely decorative things like new stickers and editing effects. Then there are some new features that are actually meaningful. One of the meaningful new features in Flip is the option...
The popularity of generative AI has made it more clear than ever that educators must take on the responsibility of helping students understand how to verify information and determine what sources are credible and reliable. Organizations like Common Sense Education are doing their part by...
Good morning from Maine where humidity seems to be the order of the day. It felt like I was walking in a rainforest while taking our dogs for a walk this morning. This week we had family visiting and staying with us all week. It was...
In response to this week's Practical Ed Tech newsletter a reader named Brian asked me for my top three things from ISTE Live that I haven't already shared. This was my reply: 1. AI is being pushed by companies more than it is being pushed by...
ClickView was one of the first fifteen things that caught my eye during last week's ISTE Live conference. It's a tool that you can use to create interactive video lessons with videos you've made as well as with videos you find online. There are other...
As I've mentioned a couple of times in the last week, last week I went to a micro:bit workshop hosted by Gary Stager and Sylvia Martinez. It was a lot of fun! If you get a chance to go to one of their workshops, go!...
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in June 2023… Lead From Where You Are, Joe Sanfelippo (education) The Collapsing Empire, John Scalzi (science fiction) The Consuming Fire, John Scalzi (science fiction) The Last Emperox, John Scalzi (science fiction) The Poppy War, R. F. Kuang (fantasy) The Dragon Republic, R. F. Kuang...
