This article is written by Truth for Teachers writer Jay Benedith. During my first year of teaching, I was fueled by my passion to close the opportunity gap and my excitement to make it happen. Many people enter the teaching profession with similar high hopes and...
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in September 2021… Serpentine, Jonathan Kellerman (thriller) A Time of Courage, John Gwynne (fantasy) The Dragon’s Path, Daniel Abraham (fantasy) The King’s Blood, Daniel Abraham (fantasy) The Tyrant’s Law, Daniel Abraham (fantasy) The Widow’s House, Daniel Abraham (fantasy) The Spider’s War, Daniel Abraham (fantasy) Hope you’re reading...
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in September 2021… Serpentine, Jonathan Kellerman (thriller) A Time of Courage, John Gwynne (fantasy) The Dragon’s Path, Daniel Abraham (fantasy) The King’s Blood, Daniel Abraham (fantasy) The Tyrant’s Law, Daniel Abraham (fantasy) The Widow’s House, Daniel Abraham (fantasy) The Spider’s War, Daniel Abraham (fantasy) Hope you’re reading...
Good morning from Maine where it definitely feels like Fall. This week I had to break out my stash of winter hats (my Canadian friends would call them toques). It's cheaper to put on a hat and sweater than it is to turn on the...
Last Sunday afternoon something happened in my life that I will never forget. That event was my oldest daughter roding her bicycle down our driveway on her own! No training wheels, no Dad holding on to the back of her seat, completely on her own!...
Earlier this week Google announced that a new watermark feature would soon be added to Google Documents. That new feature appeared in one of my Google accounts this morning so I immediately gave it a try. The new watermark feature in Google Docs is very...
This fall I've answered more questions about creating flashcards than I have in the previous few years. In almost every instance Flippity has been my suggestion for a free tool to create sets of multimedia flashcards. Flippity's flashcard template lets you create multimedia flashcards by simply...
The sun has set on a cool, crisp evening here in Maine. The maple leaves are changing colors from green to amazing shades of red and orange. In short, my favorite season of the year is here! As September ends and October begins it feels like...
A couple of weeks ago I hosted a live Practical Ed Tech webinar titled Search Strategies Students Need to Know! I've now taken the content and concepts of that webinar and broken into a self-paced mini course. Search Strategies Students Need to Know contains...
