Consuming or Creating: What’s Worth Your Child’s Time?
We tend to think of our children as consumers of information. They start consuming technology from an early age.  This study in 2014 released the following results: Most households had television (97%), tablets (83%), and smartphones (77%). At age 4, half the children...
5 Ways to Build a Coaching Culture
We are all working towards building a culture of coaching in our schools. As instructional coaches, we want our teachers to understand the value and purpose of coaching so that we can have meaningful coaching conversations with all of our teachers. Developing a...
Encouraging Students to Become Prosumers
Traditionally, students have been consumers of information. You teach, they learn, and produce output in terms of classwork, reports, and essays. This style of teaching has worked well, but now that technology is becoming common in the classroom, you have the tools to...
Who’s In Your Corner?
Cross-posted on Always Learning If you had told me 10 years ago that I would be a small business owner and a competitive powerlifter, I would have thought you were crazy. But, here I am (and it still kinda surprises me every day). I know that a big reason I've been...
Helping Parents Understand Your Connected Classroom
If you’re using technology to connect your classroom to a wider audience then helping parents understand how and why you’re using technology is vital for success. It can be intimidating to introduce this concept to your parents. So how can you help make the...
Help Your Child Build Good Digital Habits
Technology plays a large part in your child’s life. Chances are, your child is using a computer or tablet as a part of classroom instruction, and many devices like televisions, phones, e-readers, or gaming consoles at home. With access to so many devices in their...
Top 6 Qualities of a Successful Instructional Coach
As instructional coaches, our role is to work closely with all stakeholders within our school communities, and that means we need to be the kind of person that people like working with! In our #coachbetter YouTube series, we’ve been asking teachers, counselors,...
Are you ready to grow as an ISTE Educator this year?
Happy New Year 🎊 We hope that you had a wonderful break and are rejuvenated for another year of learning and growth! In the fall, we introduced you to our microcredential that started it all, the Certificate of Educational Technology and Information Literacy....
9 Resources to Help You Bring Coding to Your Classroom
Now that you’re up to speed on why your students should learn to code, and the top 5 skills students can learn through coding, let’s branch into the ways to teach coding to your students. There are so many resources out there for introducing coding to your students....
Join Our Mailing List!
Get notified about upcoming events & receive a free pdf copy of #leadingthechange
As more and more schools go one-to-one, giving every student a connected device we have to understand that this fundamentally changes the learning landscape. Not just in our classrooms but in our communities at large. Giving every student a laptop levels the content knowledge in the classroom. When it comes to accessing content everyone is on the same plane. If everyone can access the content needed to master a class the moment they need to know that content then we need to rethink what the time in class should be used for. No longer do students need to be in school to learn. Let #leadingthechange, written on March 4, 2016, by 25 educators from across the state of Washington, during an Eduro Learning Institute, be your guide to the next steps in learning in your school!
