Guy's Edu Blog

This weekend I dove into Teacher TikTok. It was fun and, at times, entertaining. I learned two things that are on the teacher's mind: 1...

Occasionally I browse the books available on audio from the library through my app and listen to an almost random pick. This is how I came b...

Monique and I go back a long time. She is one of my favorite teachers and one of the most thoughtful educators I have had the pleasure to...

Open Educational Resources (OER) have been with us for over 20 year s. The world wide web revolution made them accessible to anyone with ...

I am a teacher educator. I work with pre-service teachers every day. I am also an EdTech expert leading professional development and researc...

Photo by mpclemens CC The 2012 NAEP look at student achievement composing on computers were published recently (December, 2015). The r...

Last week I read a #Rant through Ian O'Byrne's excellent feed on Google Plus. In the rant the author complained about teachers on...

Graduating class of the Lady Stanley Institute for Trained Nurses in Ottawa, Ontario I hopped on to #satchat this morning. The chat was ...

 Trust No One Arm Tattoo | by Lynn Friedman I scoured the internet for a photo denoting trust. I found the expected images of people in ...

 Monday morning, I was making breakfast when my son asked: "Dad can I read?". "Sure?" I answered quizzically. "No...

(Almost) Thirty years ago I jumped out of an airplane. It was after about a week of practice, and I knew I wasn't ready. Our guide dis...

My last post garnered great reactions from many corners. Some pointed out that innovative teachers are rare while others discussed ways t...

My students showed up to class.  Smiling,  energetic,  purposeful.  Most with bags full of stuff. Less than third had devices (other than ph...

Photo from www.lukeford.net [CC BY-SA 2.5] via Wikimedia Commons 1. As part of my summer reading, I have been reading Tim Gunn's b...

I often talk about apps (not just iOS) and at any time point I have over 400 of them on my devices. This time, however, I would like to talk...

I have been working with secondary teachers this week. As we were discussing technology integration, some explained that they just came fr...

Reddit is in the news again. I was introduced to reddit by Erez, my son, a few years back. I am not a frequent user, BUT I am extremely i...

I just finished a week with a fantastic group of educators. Laurie Friedrich, Alison Preston and I ran our fourth iPads in the Classroom w...

I am working with teachers this week on technology integration. I am seeing a real determination to find productive ways to integrate tech...

Jeff Bernadt presented today and included a segment on creativity. Creativity is not just a message for us as teachers, it is also for our...