Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Two out of Three Dentists Still Use Hand Cranked Drills...

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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...
Saturday, October 10, 2015

How to Talk to Parents about Tech?

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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...
Monday, October 5, 2015

Four Ways to Start Integrating Technology in your Class Tomorrow

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(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...
Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Four Reasons to Create a Low Stakes Classroom

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© 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...
Saturday, September 19, 2015

What the New York Times missed about the teacher sharing economy

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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...
Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Three ways to keep innovative teachers in the classroom

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My last post garnered great reactions from many corners. Some pointed out that innovative teachers are rare while others discussed ways t...
Sunday, September 13, 2015

The two emotions that matter when we ask educators to integrate technology

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