I’ve written several posts about the process of getting back to 1:1 after having to “retire” the 9 year old iBooks my class had been using. Very unexpectedly my school district decided to replace the ones that our new wireless system rendered moot even...

Professional Learning Networks are all the rage with … um … people that are part of professional learning networks (PLN’s). Why? So Monday I’m attempting a “Pre - Skype” - Skype with Maryjo Chmielewski’s class in Wisconsin to make sure that our Skype...

We have had 30 laptops now for over a week, but they still haven’t been put on “the network” because they need to be tagged (inventory control) by the school district 1st, and only then can I make an appointment with IT to come out to put them on the...

I’m teaching 4th grade this year and so I can’t spend much time teaching about Thanksgiving. At least not as much as I did 2 years ago when I last taught 5th grade. 5th grade studies American history and so it is a natural year to teach the whole story...

I was recently asked about this post from 2007 about our editing phones, and thought it was time to repost it now: Teaching my students to be CAREFUL proofreaders is always a struggle. Most of my students are second language learners so they already...