Guy's Edu Blog

At NETA  I met many great teachers all interested in finding new ways to integrate technology into their instruction. It was great seeing so...

I see this in many districts I work with. As new devices are brought in, someone has the "talk". Do not break them, if you take ...

This week I met with a colleague from our school district. We had a lovely working lunch/coffee sharing ideas and current projects. I descri...

The standrd movement and the Common Core that emerged from it have been with us for so long that we only ask what standards and not whether ...

A few weeks back I had a chance to hear Dr. Twila Liggett discuss her work in the development of Reading Rainbow . In a wonderful w...

I was traveling with my kids this weekend across two states and the majestic views of the plains and the west. If measured correctly at the ...

Today is Read across America day . This morning I watched my son Oren (11) read right after he got up. He is rereading for the ??th time the...

Last week I had the chance to speak at the E N Thompson Forum as a warm up act for the inspiring Milton Chen. I decided to talk about what c...

Here in the US we often talk about High Stakes tests and their impact for example the work by Berliner and colleagues. In China the conver...

I was playing a quiet game of Candy Crush yesterday and my 8 (soon to be 9) year old son Itai came and sat next to me. For me, casual games...

Photo Op in a First Grade Classroom Linzi, Shandong, China We came back from our China Tour two weeks ago. It was a whirlwind tour focus...

My dean directed me toward an opinion article in the prestigious New York Times by Susan Pinker . The title was "can students have too ...

Today we had our 13th TechEDGE conference. We spent the whole day with brave teachers in Aurora Public Schools who are integrating technolog...

A quick look at our most popular videos for 2014 shows that the topics of Apps for English learners is consistently at the top of the list ...

By now Bo Pelini and his rants are public knowledge. The thing that struck me the most about his complaints was the idea that he did not kno...

I caved in and got an Apple TV. I spent a few minutes setting it up and enjoyed the way all my work looked on the large screen. And then I...

A few weeks ago I shared my journey into educational research and technology with first year doctoral students. I was invited by Ali Moell...

By User:Sargoth (Own work) [Public domain] It is impossible to avoid thinking about Ferguson these days. But I approach the topic with...

Ann Donovan WNBA Coach- LA Storm Coaches are key. This is definitely true in professional sports. Despite the fact that everyone playing...

Robert Calfee 1933-2014 Bob died last night. Bob was my mentor, the kind that sticks in your head long after you moved out of state. I r...

A district I work with has been focusing on literacy especially reading in the last few years. In multiple ways the district keeps redefin...

Some people always call for back to basics. Decoding memorizing facts and old technologies (for example cursive writing). As the day No Ch...

  by    Andrew Beeston   We had the  TechEDGE 12  conference on campus two weeks ago. Rick Marlatt presented about Minecraft . He was e...

Last week I went with my kids to their school's "fun night". The fun centers around a fair like set of activities that gener...

This week I visited a new 1:1 integration at a local school site with some of my colleagues. The site chose a "convertible" lapt...

Dr. Laurie Friedrich (newly minted) and I are back to Rousseau elementary coaching teachers in technology integration. This is one of the ...