Guy's Edu Blog

Can you imagine this headline? Who would go to a dentist that claimed that it has worked in the past, so there is no need to change? Two...

Tech EDGE Parent Meeting in China Jan 2015 When we started using iPads in the Reading Center, we added a session about technology to our...

(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...

© Copyright  wfmillar Toward the end of class on Tuesday, one of my students asked: "we have only one grade on the grade book, is t...

A story by Natasha Singer in the New York Times on Sept. 5th focused on the Teachers pay Teachers website. It is not surprising that a bus...

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

In a recent TechEDGE meeting with teacher educators, we asked everyone to rate their excitement and apprehension about technology integrat...

It is a new school year, and my four boys are back to formal learning. Two are in college and do not need a drop-off. But most mornings I ...

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

I was traveling internationally recently. Before my flight, I was prompted to check in early online, only to find out that I needed to go ...

I was recently asked about my experience with students with ADHD. I am always careful talking about disorders. Most of the time such discu...

In recent months, I have noticed an upsurge in posts and conference sessions about wearables in the classroom. This trend follows a similar ...

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...

My sister has been visiting with her daughter (8). All three young kids start each morning on their iPads. My sister became frustrated wit...

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...

Summer, we are at the pool, relaxing. My son Asaf (19) looks around the pool eyeing many of adults on their smartphones. Not only adults b...

I have been thinking this summer about the work we do together with teachers, wondering what metaphor we can adequately use to describe it...

"No, you can't do that. The IEP says that they must be tested in small groups with a teacher." The teacher who said that loo...

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...

In May, I celebrated seven years of blogging. Blogging is probably the most serious writing commitment I have ever had. This is a great opp...

ISTE is now over, the keynotes done. The trumpets have quieted down. I have to be honest, I lately leave conferences with a sense of hunge...

Despite my best efforts, Steve Jobs' ghost does not actually come and visit me. I never met Steve Jobs nor do I know what he would thi...

Matt asked me this week what I thought about the Hour of Code . I answered honestly that I simply do not think it is enough. He continued ...

About two months ago I ordered a Chromebook. It was mostly because many schools around the nation are making this choice including the dis...

This post is an ode to summer teaching. As I do most summers I have a full summer load. Many of the people passing me in the corridors are o...

It's been six months since we came back from China. I have blogged about it right after we came back, but I thought it would be good t...

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...

Last week five graduate students and I traveled to Beatrice, NE to participate in the ESU5 Tech Fair .  It was a very successful day and w...

I think that most early childhood experts in the last few years have been both amazed and annoyed at the "discovery" of the impo...

Amateur is a word used often as a derogatory term. The professional mutters "amateur!" I would like to suggest that schools need...

We have recently finished a parent survey in rural Nebraska about digital technology use. A few things became clear (though not really sur...

The news from LAUSD (see here ) who is suing Apple and Pearson has made the news and is probably hurting the chances of a large district b...