In Practice

I was recently reading a post in the excellent blog The Tempered Radical, which was quoting another teacher as saying other teachers “…believe that you can’t truly know someone unless you have face-to-face opportunities to get to know them.”  The post questioned that belief, and wondered if that was primarily because online relationships were generally [...]

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I’m in my 27th year of teaching – the first half of those years were split between private Catholic schools and high income public schools - and for the last half at low income schools, also known as Title 1 or “At Risk” schools. I’ve almost always had some level of technology in [...]

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With apologies for my eye-strain-inducing introductory blog, here’s a link to a Critical Issue article that while comprehensive (sigh, yes, “long”), was a good read for me this week. It addresses both teaching and learning that take place in classrooms that utilize technology for math and science focuses. I’ll admit to drinking not [...]

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My life as a child, a student, a teacher, a parent, and a lifelong learner has provided me numerous opportunities to enjoy and wonder about technological advances. I couldn’t fathom that people like Gene Roddenberry had imagined communication devices that would be used in reality in the future, a future I would see. [...]

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