For years I have been asked by educators and administrators what technology skills students should master according to their grade level. Initially, I hesitated to provide explicit answers to this question, as I believe that educational technology itself is philosophically a means for engaging with academic content, it is not an end in and of […]
I had the privilege of working at a school site recently that fostered a culture of learning in students, that extended past the walls of the campus. I am not sure if this is done purposefully by educators at the site, or if it is a natural consequence of their commitment to build relationships with […]
The Reality I have heard many educators speak of their struggle to make content accessible to students who are said to be performing “below grade level expectations”. With positive intentions, educators often provide these students with watered down texts, place students in remedial intervention classes to build foundational skills during core content instruction, and/or pull […]
Our First Hour of Code Prior to my current work as an educational technology/integrated studies consultant for a county office of education, I was an elementary school leader who had begun my public teaching career as a multi-subject teacher in the elementary and middle school grades. As a teacher, I continually advocated for increased access […]
Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic I sometimes hear people advocate for the need for the educational system to go “back to basics”, with a primary focus on reading, writing, and arithmetic. This verbiage often comes from non-educators, yet just as often I witness educators who consistently place importance on English language arts and mathematics content above […]
Collaborative planning conversations gave rise to a new direction for our elementary summer school program – a vision to unite multiple schools in a project based learning environment around a single theme. I had the privilege of joining a group of three other principals, with the support of district administration, to craft a dynamic learning […]
As a coach, I sought to build capacity from within, to spark collaborative conversations by sharing the great things happening in classrooms. I also consciously took images of students and what they produced. The focus is on learning, not on teaching.
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